Interesting. My short answer is that there is not enough information for me to make an informed decision one way or the other.
Has she been continuously confined since 21yrs old? Had any previous confinements and released? Has she had documented suicide attempts previously (not just thoughts or gestures)? In only 3 years what is/are/were the treatments of "done everything and that was unsuccessful"? Seems a short time to have tried everything and given it a chance to work. What is the doctor’s determination based on? What exactly is the law that allows this to proceed? Her statement "Death feels to me not as a choice. If I had a choice, I would choose a bearable life” seems a bit off to me and I question her decision making ability.
I feel that euthanasia has its place and it should be a personal choice that is allowed as long as the person is mentally stable (among other issues like terminal, no quality of life………). Can you be depressed and mentally stable at the same time? Probably the question that needs to be debated. Maybe Belgium has had that debateand come to a societal determination, maybe not. I know that I will check out when the time is right. Not going to go through a lingering death like my parents and grandparents.
Has she been continuously confined since 21yrs old? Had any previous confinements and released? Has she had documented suicide attempts previously (not just thoughts or gestures)? In only 3 years what is/are/were the treatments of "done everything and that was unsuccessful"? Seems a short time to have tried everything and given it a chance to work. What is the doctor’s determination based on? What exactly is the law that allows this to proceed? Her statement "Death feels to me not as a choice. If I had a choice, I would choose a bearable life” seems a bit off to me and I question her decision making ability.
I feel that euthanasia has its place and it should be a personal choice that is allowed as long as the person is mentally stable (among other issues like terminal, no quality of life………). Can you be depressed and mentally stable at the same time? Probably the question that needs to be debated. Maybe Belgium has had that debateand come to a societal determination, maybe not. I know that I will check out when the time is right. Not going to go through a lingering death like my parents and grandparents.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
