{"id":7957,"date":"2022-05-25T08:08:01","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T08:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=7957"},"modified":"2024-02-22T16:16:17","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T15:16:17","slug":"20-years-euthanasia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/news\/20-years-euthanasia","title":{"rendered":"20 years of euthanasia in Belgium: after almost 30,000 lives lost, what can we learn?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7957\" class=\"elementor elementor-7957\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-01f3c94 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"01f3c94\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d1cab19\" data-id=\"d1cab19\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efb4296 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"efb4296\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Rate of euthanasia in Belgium has increased from 235 lives lost per year (2003), to 7 lives lost per day (2021)<\/span><\/b><\/li><li><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Belgian citizen Tom Mortier challenges Belgium\u2019s law at Europe\u2019s top court after his mother was euthanised for depression without his knowledge\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab3a5b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab3a5b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">BRUSSELS<\/span><\/b> <b><span data-contrast=\"none\">(25 May 2022) &#8211; <\/span><\/b>Over 27,000 people have died from euthanasia in Belgium since it was legalised 20 years ago on 28th May 2002, according to the<a href=\"https:\/\/consultativebodies.health.belgium.be\/en\/advisory-and-consultative-bodies\/federal-commission-control-and-evaluation-euthanasia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> latest official data<\/a>\u00a0from Belgian authorities.<\/p><p>The country has been <a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/the-legalization-of-euthanasia-and-assisted-suicide\/\">cited<\/a> as an example of a \u201cslippery slope\u201d that concerned parties warn is inevitable with such legislation. Belgium provides a revealing case study for other governments considering legalisation. Though euthanasia was initially legalized under narrow, \u201cstrict conditions\u201d, updates to the law have seen Belgium become the first and only country in the world to have no lower age limit enforced for children.<\/p><p>Belgian cases have also included instances where patients have been euthanised for psychiatric conditions, including depression.<\/p><p>\u201cA fair and just society cares for its most vulnerable. International law protects everyone\u2019s inherent <a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/our-focus\/protect-life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">right to life<\/a>. It requires countries to protect the inherent dignity and lives of all people, rather than to help end those lives,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/our-team\/jean-paul-van-de-walle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jean-Paul Van De Walle<\/a>, legal counsel for ADF International in Brussels, Belgium.<\/p><p> <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-container brlbs-cmpnt-content-blocker brlbs-cmpnt-with-individual-styles\" data-borlabs-cookie-content-blocker-id=\"youtube-content-blocker\" data-borlabs-cookie-content=\"PGlmcmFtZSB0aXRsZT0iVG9tIE1vcnRpZXIgOiBBZmZpcm0gRGlnbml0eSIgd2lkdGg9IjUwMCIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyODEiIHNyYz0iaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cueW91dHViZS1ub2Nvb2tpZS5jb20vZW1iZWQvcU9iZy03bTdpX0k\/ZmVhdHVyZT1vZW1iZWQiIGZyYW1lYm9yZGVyPSIwIiBhbGxvdz0iYWNjZWxlcm9tZXRlcjsgYXV0b3BsYXk7IGNsaXBib2FyZC13cml0ZTsgZW5jcnlwdGVkLW1lZGlhOyBneXJvc2NvcGU7IHBpY3R1cmUtaW4tcGljdHVyZTsgd2ViLXNoYXJlIiByZWZlcnJlcnBvbGljeT0ic3RyaWN0LW9yaWdpbi13aGVuLWNyb3NzLW9yaWdpbiIgYWxsb3dmdWxsc2NyZWVuPjwvaWZyYW1lPg==\"><div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-preset-c brlbs-cmpnt-cb-youtube\"> <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-thumbnail\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/borlabs-cookie\/1\/yt_qObg-7m7i_I_hqdefault.jpg')\"><\/div> <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-main\"> <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-play-button\"><\/div> <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-content\"> <p class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-description\">Est\u00e1s viendo un contenido de marcador de posici\u00f3n de <strong>YouTube<\/strong>. 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In one very moving case \u2013 the only so far that has been brought before a criminal tribunal \u2013 the life of a 38-year-old woman diagnosed with autism, Tine Nys, was tragically ended by euthanasia due to her battle with mental health issues. Surely such vulnerable groups deserve better care and support to live,\u201d continued Van De Walle.<\/p><p>In a move that Van De Walle says \u201cthreatens\u201d the right to conscientious objection, a 2020 amendment in the law prevents health care institutions from objecting \u2013 by way of general policy or by specific provision \u2013 to euthanasia being practiced within the premises of their institution.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a85893f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a85893f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Belgium\u2019s law challenged at Europe\u2019s top court<\/strong><\/p><p>The controversial euthanasia law is being challenged at the European Court of Human Rights in the case of <a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/cases\/tom-mortier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Tom Mortier v. Belgium.<\/em> <\/a>The outcome will have the potential to set a precedent for euthanasia laws across forty-seven European countries.<\/p><p>Tom Mortier\u2019s mother was euthanised in 2012, aged 64. Without any prior consultation, Tom Mortier was informed one day after her death, with the explanation that she had been suffering from \u2018untreatable depression\u2019.<\/p><p>\u201cThe big problem in our society is that apparently we have lost the meaning of taking care of each other,\u201d said Tom Mortier.<\/p><p>The Belgian law specifies that the person must be in a \u2018medically futile condition of constant and unbearable physical or mental suffering that cannot be alleviated, resulting from a serious and incurable disorder caused by illness or accident.\u2019 Mortier\u2019s mother was physically healthy, and her treating psychiatrist of more than 20 years expressed doubts as to whether she satisfied the requirements of the Belgian euthanasia law. Nonetheless, she was euthanized by an oncologist with no known psychiatric qualifications.<\/p><p>\u201cMy mother had a severe mental problem. She had to cope with depression throughout her life. She was treated for years by psychiatrists and eventually the contact between us was broken. A year later she received a lethal injection. Neither the oncologist who administered the injection, nor the hospital had informed me or any of my siblings that our mother was even considering euthanasia,\u201d he continued.<\/p><p>The same doctor who euthanised Tom Mortier\u2019s mother co-chairs the Federal Commission which reviews euthanasia cases to ensure the law has been respected. He also leads a euthanasia organization which received a payment from Tom Mortier\u2019s mother in the weeks preceding her death. Despite all this, according to the Belgian government, the Federal Commission saw no issue with letting the euthanasia take place.<\/p><p>Tom Mortier is challenging Belgium\u2019s euthanasia law with support from ADF International.\u00a0<a style=\"background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\" href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/tom-mortier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Find out more.<\/a><\/p><p>\u201cThe slippery slope is on full public display in Belgium. Tom Mortier\u2019s case exposes the lie that euthanasia is good for society. International law has never established a so-called \u2018right to die.\u2019 On the contrary, it solidly affirms the right to life \u2013 particularly for the most vulnerable among us,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/our-team\/robert-clarke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Clarke<\/a>, Director of Advocacy for ADF International and lead counsel for Tom Mortier at the European Court of Human Rights in <i>Mortier v. Belgium.<\/i><\/p><p>Find<a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/the-legalization-of-euthanasia-and-assisted-suicide\/\">\u00a0more information about euthanasia laws in ADF International&#8217;s White Pa<span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\">per.<\/span><\/a><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\" href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/the-legalization-of-euthanasia-and-assisted-suicide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p><p> <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-container brlbs-cmpnt-content-blocker brlbs-cmpnt-with-individual-styles\" data-borlabs-cookie-content-blocker-id=\"youtube-content-blocker\" data-borlabs-cookie-content=\"PGlmcmFtZSB0aXRsZT0iQWZmaXJtIERpZ25pdHkg4oCTIFRoZSBCaWcgUGljdHVyZSBhYm91dCBFdXRoYW5hc2lhIiB3aWR0aD0iNTAwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjI4MSIgc3JjPSJodHRwczovL3d3dy55b3V0dWJlLW5vY29va2llLmNvbS9lbWJlZC94MUNJaV8wNVRWYz9mZWF0dXJlPW9lbWJlZCIgZnJhbWVib3JkZXI9IjAiIGFsbG93PSJhY2NlbGVyb21ldGVyOyBhdXRvcGxheTsgY2xpcGJvYXJkLXdyaXRlOyBlbmNyeXB0ZWQtbWVkaWE7IGd5cm9zY29wZTsgcGljdHVyZS1pbi1waWN0dXJlOyB3ZWItc2hhcmUiIHJlZmVycmVycG9saWN5PSJzdHJpY3Qtb3JpZ2luLXdoZW4tY3Jvc3Mtb3JpZ2luIiBhbGxvd2Z1bGxzY3JlZW4+PC9pZnJhbWU+\"><div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-preset-c brlbs-cmpnt-cb-youtube\"> <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-thumbnail\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/borlabs-cookie\/1\/yt_x1CIi_05TVc_hqdefault.jpg')\"><\/div> <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-main\"> <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-play-button\"><\/div> <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-content\"> <p class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-description\">Est\u00e1s viendo un contenido de marcador de posici\u00f3n de <strong>YouTube<\/strong>. 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