(CNN) A terminally ill minor has become the first child to be euthanized in Belgium since age restrictions were lifted in the country two years ago, according to several sources. A Belgian lawmaker told CNN affiliate VTM that the physician-assisted ...

A terminally-ill 17-year-old has become the first minor to be helped to die in Belgium since age restrictions on euthanasia requests were removed two years ago, officials say. The head of the federal euthanasia commission said the teenager was ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A 17-year-old has committed doctor-assisted suicide in Belgium, the first minor to do so under rules adopted in 2014 allowing euthanasia for people of all ages, the head of the national committee for euthanasia said on Saturday.

A minor was euthanized for the first time, since Belgium removed the age limit for euthanasia. Euthanasia commission head Wim Distelmans said it was an exceptional case of a 17-year-old with a terminal illness "suffering unbearable physical pain ...

(KRON/CNN)—A child that was suffering from an unknown incurable disease was euthanized in Belgium. The minor is the first to be euthanized in the country since age restrictions on the practice were removed in 2014. It happened in all intimacy, this ...

A 17-year-old has ended their life through doctor-assisted suicide in Belgium, the head of the National Committee for Euthanasia said. The 17-year-old is the first minor to do so under rules adopted in 2014 allowing voluntary euthanasia for people of ...

The Belgian parliament votes in favour of allowing euthanasia for terminally ill children in February 2014. Photograph: Francois Lenoir/Reuters. Nicola Slawson and agencies. @nicola_slawson. Saturday 17 September 2016 09.10 EDT Last modified on ...

A terminally-ill minor has become the first to be helped to die by doctors in Belgium since age restrictions on euthanasia were lifted two years ago. Belgium is the only country that allows children of all ages to choose euthanasia, provided parental ...

A terminally ill teenager from Belgium has been euthanised after asking to be allowed to die. The 17-year-old's case is the first officially announced legal killing of a minor and comes after Belgium scrapped age restrictions on so-called 'mercy ...

Wim Distelmans, chair of the Belgian Federal Control and Evaluation Committee on Euthanasia, said in an emailed statement that this case was reported to the committee by a local doctor last week.Laws in Belgium, the Netherlands, Colombia and ...

A terminally ill youngster has become the first child to be euthanised in Belgium since age restrictions on such mercy killings in the country were lifted in 2014. The head of the national committee for euthanasia confirmed the first case was reported ...

In Belgium, a terminally ill child is reported to have become the first to be euthanised under new legislation. The country's euthanasia age restrictions were lifted in 2014 following heated debate over the issue. It is the only country in the world ...

A 17-year-old has been euthanised in Belgium in what is the first application of rules adopted by the country in 2014 allowing doctor-assisted death for minors of all ages, the head of the national committee for euthanasia said this morning. Wim ...

A terminally ill child has become the first juvenile to be helped to die in Belgium after the country removed age restrictions on euthanasia two years ago. Professor Wim Distelmans, the head of Belgium's federal euthanasia commission, said that the ...

The child, who has not been named, is the first person under 18 to receive euthanasia since the country relaxed its assisted dying laws. Since 2014, children of all ages are allowed to opt for a doctor-assisted death. Man killed daughter 'because he ...

It is the first time rules adopted in Belgium in 2014 have been applied. They allow for the doctor-assisted deaths of minors with incurable conditions. 00:00. 00:00. 17-year-old becomes first minor to die by euthanasia in Belgium · world news. 17/09 ...

The country is the only one in the world to allow doctor-assisted deaths for children of all ages, but has strict conditions for approval. Belgium reports first case of euthanasia for minor Image credit: Reuters. The Belgian government reported its ...

A minor with a terminal disease has become the first patient to undergo euthanasia in Belgium since age limits on the procedure were lifted two years ago, according to authorities. The head of the country's federal euthanasia commission confirmed the ...

Belgium is the first country in the world to allow assisted dying on a child of any age. Credit: EBU. A 17-year-old has become the first minor to be helped to die in Belgium since age restrictions were lifted on euthanasia requests in 2014. The head of ...

A terminally-ill Belgian teenager has died after being granted the right to assisted suicide, the first case of a teenager in Europe being granted the right to euthanasia, BBC News is reporting. As of this writing, nothing is known about the identity ...

In Belgium, a terminally ill child has become the first to be euthanised under new legislation. The head of the federal euthanasia commission told the Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad it was an exceptional case of a child with a terminal illness. The ...

A terminally ill youngster been euthanised in Belgium – the first since Parliament lifted all age restrictions in 2014. The head of the Federal Control and Evaluation Committee on Euthanasia, Dr Wim Distelmans, confirmed that the case had been reported ...

A terminally-ill 17-year old has become the first minor to be allowed to opt for euthanasia in Belgium since legal age restrictions on euthanasia requests were lifted two years ago, according to news reports. The head of Belgium's federal euthanasia ...

A 17-year old minor is the first youth in Belgium to be legally given a lethal injection by a doctor, reported by BBC News. The terminally ill teenager who had chosen euthanasia was granted the request after “suffering unbearable physical pain”, said ...