On October 4, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Belgium violated the right to life with the euthanasia of Mrs. Godelieva de Troyer in 2012. Although the ruling did not condemn Belgian euthanasia law as a whole, it did find that Belgium committed a right to life violation in de Troyer’s case. This should force Belgium to reform its euthanasia regime, and creates a key opportunity to push back against the cult of state-sanctioned killing spreading throughout the Western world.