Netherlands Euthanizes First Child Aged 1–12 Under 2024 Law

For the first time since the Netherlands legalised child euthanasia in 2024, a terminally ill child between the ages of one and twelve has been killed by state-sanctioned lethal injection, with the case now under review by the Public Prosecution Service. This milestone marks a profound moral collapse — the removal of legal protection for the most vulnerable members of society — and reflects the accelerating devaluation of human life that Scripture warns will characterise the last days. Jesus himself warned that in the end times 'the love of many will grow cold' (Matthew 24:12), and Paul described a generation 'without natural affection' as a defining sign of perilous times to come (2 Timothy 3:3).