In 2020, 4.3% of deaths in the Netherlands were due to euthanasia.
The official Regional Euthanasia Review Committees (RTE), revealed that a total of 6,938 people asked to be euthanased (which includes both ‘termination of life on request’ and ‘assisted suicide’) and died through the medical procedure legalised two decades ago.
The figure is not only the highest since the law was passed in 2002, but also represents a sharp 9% increase since 2019.
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