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In reply to the discussion: 17 year old dutch girl, victim of rape, dies by legal euthanasia [View all]EllieBC
(3,013 posts)140. In our town we had a 14 year old die last year because BC won't let parents commit
children to rehab. It has to be their own choice. Again, according to BC law 14 year old on opioids is apparently 100% capable of making their own choices and accepting the consequences but a criminal isn't? Really?
And that's why a family friend relocated to AB recently. To be able to force his son into detox and rehab because AB has no silly law like that.
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Thanks for the link. Did answer my question about psychological and medical interventions. nt
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#52
Right and there will never be options if the solution is to kill them...cheaper I guess...
Demsrule86
Jun 2019
#165
Medicine doesn't work for everyone with depression or bipolar disorder, unfortunately.
Turin_C3PO
Jun 2019
#118
I believe a person should be able to die with no physical pain if they are going to die.
boston bean
Jun 2019
#22
At seventeen, her brain is not fully developed. And she has not had a chance to emotionally
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#51
What!!! Ah no. Depressed people who want to commit suicide should not be helped along by anyone.
boston bean
Jun 2019
#153
Because with the proper treatment she had a good chance of recovery. Most cases when people
lunamagica
Jun 2019
#19
It makes me sick to my stomach a teenager suffering depression was helped to end her life.
boston bean
Jun 2019
#27
She was very young. Her brain wasn't fully developed yet. There are several people on this thread
lunamagica
Jun 2019
#59
So you are advocating for people to kill themselves if they are in bad (NOT TERMINAL) mental pain or
UniteFightBack
Jun 2019
#67
Nobody is saying that mental pain can't be severe or dibilatating. But if it is not TERMINAL...that
UniteFightBack
Jun 2019
#92
In BC, doctor's aren't allowed to tell parents anything if kid is "capable" and says not to
OnlinePoker
Jun 2019
#128
In our town we had a 14 year old die last year because BC won't let parents commit
EllieBC
Jun 2019
#140
At the time of my response, it was still being report she had died by assisted suicide.
OnlinePoker
Jun 2019
#162
Thank you for sharing your difficult story with grace and an open heart.
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2019
#46
But would you feel the same if it were your 17yr old daughter ? Your wife was terminal
UniteFightBack
Jun 2019
#64
I do not...and find it horrifying ...one of the reasons I am completely against this...she was a
Demsrule86
Jun 2019
#87
So if your teen aged daughter or niece chose to kill themselves you would support that then. nt
UniteFightBack
Jun 2019
#68
If I had fulfilled my responsibilities as a parent, yes, and her human rights would remain intact.
defacto7
Jun 2019
#96
I'm so sorry she had to go through this, and hope the men responsible paid. But, Euthanasia is
Hoyt
Jun 2019
#29
This happened just a few years ago. 3 YEARS AGO and yes suicide is the answer. UNREAL. nt
UniteFightBack
Jun 2019
#69
One of the side effects can be depression, ironically. For Hemingway, memory loss was very
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#53
Well the rape happened at 14 and she was 17 ...so yeah 3 years I guess is enough time for any
UniteFightBack
Jun 2019
#76
It seems like kind of a discriminatory attitude towards people with depression.
Crunchy Frog
Jun 2019
#83
She committed suicide at 17 and you think that is a good solution...yeah OK. nt
UniteFightBack
Jun 2019
#65
Well since you say I'm dismissive then I'll go along with it and do just that.
UniteFightBack
Jun 2019
#81
She said she wrote her book to help other people. This is the final lesson? This should not be
UniteFightBack
Jun 2019
#66
Ha! It's true though. We all have different ideas on how to spend that time, of course.
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2019
#108
"Sexually assaulted at...age 11...again a year later...before being raped by two men...at age 14."
VOX
Jun 2019
#85
It's almost like people just reacted to headline without actually reading the story.
Act_of_Reparation
Jun 2019
#115
Did you read the story? Because the information I posted wasn't in the story.
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2019
#116
You don't think palliative care while she died was "appropriate medical practice"
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2019
#124
"The family had tried many kinds of psychiatric treatment ..." (see reply #120)
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2019
#131
It's sad no matter what. the point is this story spead very fast bc reputable news made a mistake
Kurt V.
Jun 2019
#143
New title: Noa Pothoven dies after struggles with sexual assault, depression, and anorexia n/t
demmiblue
Jun 2019
#91
Twitter thread on the misreporting of this, from a Politico EU reporter:
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2019
#120
Well, I decry the inaccurate reporting here, for sure. I hate that crap ... BUT
mr_lebowski
Jun 2019
#132
She did NOT die from legal suicide -- clickbait, lying headlines about this
obamanut2012
Jun 2019
#147
No. What I am saying is that this case represents the slippery slope people against "assisted
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#154
I said I do not call death with dignity assisted suicide. Her case was not legally assisted
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#172
This post needs revision. The media got it wrong. Facts developed in the story show
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#173