Why did this 29-year-old physically healthy Dutch woman die by assisted suicide?

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assisted suicide despite being physically healthy. She had earlier sought the permission of the Netherland government to end her life after suffering from various incurable forms of mental health illnesses. Her request was approved in May. This has raised various issues surrounding the concept of ‘euthanasia’ and its related concepts.

Why did Zoraya ter Beek decide to end her life?

The 29-year-old woman was diagnosed with autism when she was 21. It has been reported that she had sought to end her life during her childhood. She was bullied growing up and often felt that she didn’t “fit in”. She attributed being detected with autism as a major hiccup in her life.

While she was physically healthy, she was diagnosed with various mental health related issues including depression, anxiety and an unspecified personality disorder.

Further, she had been estranged from her mother and her three older sisters for the past six years. Her dad passed away last year after losing the battle against cancer. She has been staying with her boyfriend Stein, who is an IT programmer. It has also been reported that her family did not approve of this relationship due to the age difference of over 10 years.

Approval sought for assisted suicide

Stein had advised her to undergo treatment for various mental health related illnesses. Zoraya even underwent 33 rounds of electroconvulsive therapy. When the doctors declared that nothing was working out, the couple realized that they