Netherlands: opinions on possible Law Completed Life 2017

This statistic displays the opinions on a possible Law Completed Life in the Netherlands in 2017. Approximately 25 percent of the respondents taking part in this survey is against such a law.

Opinions on a possible Law Completed Life in the Netherlands in 2017

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Release date

February 2017

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Region

Netherlands

Survey time period

2017

Number of respondents

1,005 respondents

Age group

18-70 years

Supplementary notes

In 2002, euthanasia was legalized in the Netherlands but only for patients who were considered to be suffering unbearable pain with no hope of a cure. A possible Law Completed Life would be designed for those who are not incurably ill, but still want help with euthanasia because they consider their life complete. A letter to parliament in October 2016 from the Dutch minister of Health stated that people who "have a well-considered opinion that their life is complete, must, under strict and careful criteria, be allowed to finish that life in a manner dignified for them”.

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