Jury Acquits Belgian Doctors Accused of Illegally Euthanizing Woman With Psychiatric Issues

Jury Acquits Belgian Doctors Accused of Illegally Euthanizing Woman With Psychiatric Issues

GHENT, Belgium — A jury in Belgium has acquitted three doctors who were on trial on allegations of illegally poisoning a woman who had requested to die in the midst of her struggles with ongoing psychiatric issues. Her sisters, who took the doctors to court, state that she was also dealing with depression from a […]

Belgian Doctors on Trial for Euthanizing Woman With Psychiatric Issues, Stress From Breakup

Belgian Doctors on Trial for Euthanizing Woman With Psychiatric Issues, Stress From Breakup

GHENT, Belgium — Three doctors are on trial in Belgium for unlawfully helping a woman end her life as her sisters note that she was dealing with ongoing psychiatric issues and had been depressed from a broken relationship. Tine Nys, then 38, died in 2010 after she received a lethal injection. According to the BBC, […]