Low birth rates are one thing. But the way some Western societies (here, in the EU) are choosing a state-approved self-exit through euthanasia for treatable mental health conditions reveals a profound civilizational crisis.
pic.twitter.com/gU0jByIf3K— Nina 🐙 Byzantina (@NinaByzantina) April 3, 2024
I can save her.
A physically healthy 28-year-old Dutch woman has decided to legally end her life due to her struggles with crippling depression, autism and borderline personality disorder, according to a report.
Zoraya ter Beek, who lives in a small village in the Netherlands near the German border, is scheduled to be euthanized in May — despite being in love with her 40-year-old boyfriend and living with two cats.
Zoraya ter Beek
Ter Beek, who once aspired to be a psychiatrist, has been dealing with mental health struggles throughout her life.
She said she decided to be euthanized after her doctors told her, “There’s nothing more we can do for you. It’s never gonna get any better,” according to The Free Press.
“I was always very clear that if it doesn’t get better, I can’t do this anymore,” ter Beek said.
She is just one of the growing number of people in the West who have decided to die rather than continue living in pain that, unlike a terminal illness, could be treated.
More people are deciding to end their lives while suffering from a slew of other mental health problems like depression or anxiety amplified by economic uncertainty, climate change, social media and other issues, The Free Press reported.
I always thought killing everyone would be hilarious.
But now that the government is doing it, it’s really just sort of sad.
Are suicide, assisted dying and euthanasia a sign of human empowerment or a sign that we’re in a dystopian world where core human values are disintegrating. My investigative story for @TheFP on the suicide contagion sweeping the West. https://t.co/WD01A7CSLO
— Rupa Subramanya (@rupasubramanya) April 1, 2024