Netherlands grapples with complex debate on broadening euthanasia law

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The Netherlands was the first country in the world to legalise euthanasia back in 2001. More than 20 years later, the practice is almost universally accepted in Dutch society to end the lives of those who are physically suffering. But its use remains more restricted for psychiatric cases who say they, too, meet the legal requirement of unbearable suffering. Today, some would like to see the law evolve to include the possibility to end one's life even without a medical need to do so. Our correspondents Fernande van Tets and Alix Le Bourdon report.

Netherlands grapples with complex debate on broadening euthanasia law

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