The Dutch is Cabinet working on regulation of life termination for children up to 12 years of age who are suffering unbearably and hopelessly. The current Dutch Late Termination of Pregnancy and Life Termination of Newborns regulation will be amended and expanded to include life termination for children aged 1-12 years.

This concerns a small group of incurably ill children who are suffering hopelessly and unbearably, in whom palliative care options are not sufficient to alleviate suffering and who are expected to die in the foreseeable future. For this group, termination of life is the only reasonable alternative to end the child’s hopeless and unbearable suffering. About 5 to 10 children are involved every year.

NHK correspondent Yasuko Takeda comes to the Netherlands to interview a specialist paediatrician, an Associate Professor in Ethics, Law & Medical Humanities, a Assistant Professor, Ethics, Law & Medical humanities, a Medical ethicist and parents that are in favor of the new regulation.

For this reportage Featurez gave advice, did the research, set up, planning and accompaniment of the filming.