For the first time in the Netherlands since legalization in 2024, a child between the ages of one and 12 was killed by state-sanctioned lethal injection.
Ethicist Peter Singer tweeted out a paper published on October 31 with this comment: 'Another thought-provoking article is ‘Zoophilia is Morally Permissible’ by Fira Bensto (pseudonym), which is just out in the current issue of the Journal of Controversial Ideas.'
The Dutch government hopes to extend an existing protocol which allows the euthanasia of newborn babies to be available to children under 12 years old.