article_snippet: Euthanasia has been taking place in Holland for many years .
article_snippet: Almost one in 20 people in northern Belgium died using euthanasia in 2013, more than doubling the numbers in six years, a study released today showed.
article_snippet: The universities of Ghent and Brussels found that since Euthanasia was legalised in 2002, the acceptance of ending a life at the patient's request has greatly increased.
article_snippet: While a 2007 survey showed 1.9 percent of deaths from euthanasia in the region, the figure was 4.6 percent in 2013. '
article_snippet: Euthanasia has been increasingly accepted by the patients as a valid option at the end of the patients life,' said Ghent University ethics professor Freddy Mortier. '
article_snippet: Euthanasia is legal only in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg .
article_snippet: Earlier this month in a speech at France's lower house of Parliament, Prime minister Manuel Valls praised 'a reform that proclaims the right to die peacefully, in dignity and without suffering'.