Dutch teenager, who was raped as a child, is euthanized at her request
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Sloppy work by the Washington Post.
The doctors decided there was no point in persisting, and there are also rules against forcible treatment. So instead of letting her suffer as she died, they provided painkillers. Not enough to kill her, mind.
It's a terrible tragic story, but everyone involved (except perhaps the girl) seems to have made the best choice they had.
This also makes me wonder if she had essentially a mental illness, triggered by the abuse and depression, and that this could have been treated (at least to some degree).
From the sources I've gathered she was not assisted with suicide, but nobody intervened (eg: forced feeding) with here attempt to starve to death.
Please read the comments instead of the article.
She requested euthanasia, was denied, attempted suicide on several occasions, was hospitalized, was forcibly put in a mental hospital, and finally decided to stop eating and drinking. Again.
The doctors decided there was no point in persisting, and there are also rules against forcible treatment. So instead of letting her suffer as she died, they provided painkillers. Not enough to kill her, mind.
It's a terrible tragic story, but everyone involved (except perhaps the girl) seems to have made the best choice they had.