Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo (2nd L) and lower house president Andre Flahaut (R) attend a plenary session of the Belgian Parliament in Brussels February 13, 2014. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium became the first country to allow euthanasia for terminally ill children of any age on Thursday when its lower house of parliament passed new "right-to-die" legislation by a large majority.
The law goes beyond Dutch legislation that set a minimum age of 12 for children judged mature enough to decide to end their lives. It has popular support in Belgium, where adult euthanasia became legal in 2002.
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