Photo: Pixabay/MitreyDutchwoman Zoraja ter Beek (29) was granted euthanasia last week due to severe mental suffering
In the Netherlands, this procedure has been approved since 2002, but there has been a heated debate about whether a physically healthy person should be allowed "mercy killing."
Her video, in which she announced that she had received approval for euthanasia, went viral on social media.
It sparked a flurry of comments on social media.
The palliative care doctor says the news filled her with great anxiety. She says this is a profound change in the evolution of what it means to be a doctor, which is to do no harm.
One psychotherapist commented:
"Nobody can convince me that it's okay." There are also those users who consider it the ultimate freedom.
Despite decades of therapy, this woman decided to undergo euthanasia, and last year, for example, as many as 138 people voluntarily ended their lives for similar reasons.
On the question of whether euthanasia due to debilitating depression is the final defeat of medicine and psychotherapy the journalist of "Vremena" wrote last week, when an important and deep social discussion was started on this occasion.
The former prime minister and his wife were euthanized at the age of 94
In February of this year, the former Dutch Prime Minister Dries van Agt and his wife were also euthanized at the age of 94.
Last year, euthanasia for people suffering from an incurable disease and suffering unbearable pain was also legalized in Portugal.
Although the President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Souza, vetoed the previous four times when the parliament voted "yes", he finally agreed with the proposal.
Only Portuguese citizens and registered residents are covered by the new law, while foreigners will not be able to come to Portugal and request euthanasia.
The law was adopted with 129 votes in favor and 81 against, with one abstention.
Where all assistance before death is allowed
Euthanasia has previously been allowed in Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain, Australia and New Zealand.
In Switzerland, since 1942, "assistance" or the help of another person before euthanasia has been allowed, but not active euthanasia. It is similar in Austria, Finland and Norway.
The respected Swiss lawyer Ludwig Minnelli, for many years, has been a supporter of the thesis that every person should have the freedom to decide for himself how he will die.
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