A 17-year-old Dutch girl was legally allowed to kill herself using euthanasia after she was
raped when younger and spent years battling depression, according to a report Tuesday.
“Love is letting go, in this case,” Noa Pothoven of Arnhem wrote in an Instagram post announcing
her choice to die in the living room of her home Sunday.
Pothoven — who was sexually abused at 11 and raped three years later — said she was sick
of suffering “unbearable pain.
“Maybe this comes as a surprise to some, given my posts about hospitalization, but my plan
has been there for a long time and is not impulsive,” she wrote.
https://nypost.com/2019/06/04/netherlands-teen-raped-as-child-legally-euthanized-due-to-unbearable-pain/In The Netherlands, kids ages 12 to 16 need permission from a parent to be euthanized and
must have consulted a doctor, who agrees that their suffering is unbearable and likely to continue.
But at 17, children no longer need their parents’ consent to apply to kill themselves. Pothoven
turned 17 in December.
The Netherlands legalized euthanasia in 2001 — the year she was born.