Netherlands: Physically healthy young woman scheduled to die by euthanasia
from The Christian Institute:
A 28-year-old Dutch woman with mental health problems but no physical illness has been approved by medics for euthanasia.
Zoraya ter Beek, who has depression, autism and borderline personality disorder, fears she is “never gonna get any better” and has planned to die by lethal injection in May.
The number of reported cases of euthanasia has increased dramatically since Dutch law was liberalised – from 1,882 in 2002 to 8,720 in 2022.
Fearful
Speaking to Rupa Subramanya of the American online news outlet The Free Press, ter Beek said she wanted help to kill herself after being told by a psychiatrist that “there’s nothing more we can do for you”.
She intends to die, she explained, in her own home – which she shares with her boyfriend – “on the couch in the living room”. But she admitted: “I’m a little afraid of dying, because it’s the ultimate unknown”.
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