the washington post 




excerpts: once prohibited <u+2014> indeed, unthinkable <u+2014> the euthanasia of people with mental illnesses or cognitive disorders, including dementia, is now a common occurrence in belgium and the netherlands. 




this profoundly troubling fact of modern european life is confirmed by the latest biennial report from belgium<u+2019>s federal commission on the control and evaluation of euthanasia, presented to parliament on oct. 7. 




belgium legalized euthanasia in 2002 for patients suffering <u+201c>unbearably<u+201d> from any <u+201c>untreatable<u+201d> medical condition, terminal or non-terminal, including psychiatric ones. 




in the 2014-2015 period, the report says, 124 of the 3,950 euthanasia cases in belgium involved persons diagnosed with a <u+201c>mental and behavioral disorder,<u+201d> four more than in the previous two years. 




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see also:
europe<u+2019>s morality crisis: euthanizing the mentally ill
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