The measure was introduced in 2024 for young patients with no prospect of recovery A child under the age of 12 has been euthanized in the Netherlands for the first time, Health Minister Sophie Hermans has said, according to local media reports. The procedure was caried out under rules introduced in 2024, which allow the nation’s doctors to end the lives of terminally ill children in exceptional circumstances. Similar measures previously applied only to newborns and those aged 12 and above. In a