This 17yo girl was euthanized (documentary)

[unluckysadness]

Just found it on the Exit international website ("news" section). It's in dutch but it may interest you. I didn't know that euthanasia was legal after 12yo in Netherlands. I'm not comfortable at all with this subject but I just wanted to share it. Anyway it' always a tragedy when kids and young adults die.
RIP to this young lady. I hope she's in peace now. Another innocent victim of sexual abuse. Fuck this world that kills our children

Milou (17) is niet meer, na haar euthanasie barstte de discussie los

Euthanasie maakte twee jaar geleden een einde aan een jarenlange lijdensweg van de nog maar 17-jarige Milou. Over het meisje is er nu een documentaire.

www.metronieuws.nl

 

[gomer1978]

That is no age at all. The age limit should not be so low.

 

[nobodycaresaboutme]

I'm sorry she had to choose this way. I hope she is now resting well. And those shameless prolifers who try to weaponize this tragedy to take away bodily autonomy...

 

[thaelyana]

Just found it on the Exit international website ("news" section). It's in dutch but it may interest you. I didn't know that euthanasia was legal after 12yo in Netherlands. I'm not comfortable at all with this subject but I just wanted to share it. Anyway it' always a tragedy when kids and young adults die.
RIP to this young lady. I hope she's in peace now. Another innocent victim of sexual abuse. Fuck this world that kills our children

Milou (17) is niet meer, na haar euthanasie barstte de discussie los

Euthanasie maakte twee jaar geleden een einde aan een jarenlange lijdensweg van de nog maar 17-jarige Milou. Over het meisje is er nu een documentaire.

www.metronieuws.nl

Wow it's too young, still a minor... They should never have let this happen, at such a young age where nothing is still frozen...

 

[RosebyAnyName]

I just read the article (with google translate) and this section caught my eye (ignore the rough translations):

Can euthanasia be allowed at a young age?
According to Dutch law, it is possible to get euthanasia from the age of 12 under very strict conditions. It can be in case of unbearable suffering in case of illness, but also in hopeless psychological suffering. In the Netherlands, the number of euthanasia versions among young people under 30 has been increasing in recent years. This involves a few dozen. In total, 10,000 Dutch people got this end of life last year.

Interesting. They even allow minors access to euthenasia due to psychological suffering. Yet, a lot of people then fought against this (mentioned later in the article) and now want it to be repealed.

Here's another excerpt I found interesting:

Later, sexual abuse comes on top, during a movie night at someone's home and several times by a client of a mental health institution where Milou was also treated.
A teenager who wanted to help everyone, but could not help themselves. Milou was finally up and psychiatrist Menno Oosterhoff was very grateful that he was behind her with her euthanasia wish (just like her parents and two friends in the docu by the way). Oosterhoff also carried out the euthanasia and now says about young people where that 'plays': "They do not want an end to their lives, but to their suffering."

If my understanding is correct, she was first raped by someone after being invited to their house. Then, she was in a mental institution (either to seek help, or worse: she was forced to go after her multiple suicide attempts that are mentioned later in the article), just to get raped by even more, worse people. Then, people got up in arms (mentioned later in the article) because she wanted to end her suffering, yet presumably did nothing when she was being abused.

It's specifically mentioned that a lot of the people who are now fighting against allowing minor euthenasia due to psychological suffering didn't even know her:

After her death, of course, there is mourning, but something completely unexpected also happens. Fourteen psychiatrists and doctors send a fire letter to the Public Prosecution Service in which they insist on a criminal preliminary investigation into euthanasia among young people. They specifically refer to the death of a 17-year-old girl. It is soon clear that it is about Milou. Half of the writers are anonymous, the other half never met Milou.

Women attempt suicide at three times the rate of men, but often fail due to using less violent methods. Assuming a theoretical situation where everyone had unrestricted access to 100% guarenteed euthanasia, then the likely situation is that way more women and girls will commit suicide than men or boys, and I bet a lot of those deaths will be from minors given how mentally unwell the current young generation has become. Society will barely lift a finger to protect girls from sexual assault, or really protect young people at all, but will fight tooth and nail to prevent them from escaping a society that condones their abuse. Sickening. Older generations do nothing to help young people because they would rather see adolescence like a societal hazing ritual (just like it was for them) instead of break the cycle of abuse.

 

[Ladyybugged]

fuck i wish i lived in netherlands so bad.

 

[MelancholyMagic]

That is no age at all. The age limit should not be so low.

You can suffer when 17 as much as you can at any other age. There should be no age limit for euthanasia.

 

[AkaRed]

Just found it on the Exit international website ("news" section). It's in dutch but it may interest you. I didn't know that euthanasia was legal after 12yo in Netherlands. I'm not comfortable at all with this subject but I just wanted to share it. Anyway it' always a tragedy when kids and young adults die.
RIP to this young lady. I hope she's in peace now. Another innocent victim of sexual abuse. Fuck this world that kills our children

Milou (17) is niet meer, na haar euthanasie barstte de discussie los

Euthanasie maakte twee jaar geleden een einde aan een jarenlange lijdensweg van de nog maar 17-jarige Milou. Over het meisje is er nu een documentaire.

www.metronieuws.nl

As much as I support legal euthanization- there are limits of course and a case like this is absolutely abhorrent. Someone so young does NOT have the ability to understand or make these decisions, and should not have their life ended early no matter what.
Rest in peace to this darling girl, gone much too soon. <3

 

[MelancholyMagic]

It's a great disappointment that SS restricted site membership to over 18 a few years back. Of course, there is no way to enforce it, so it doesn't matter too much. It's just the principle of the thing.