The teen girl, Noa, was reportedly traumatized after being r-ped multiple times by several men. Unfortunately, instead of merely punishing the attackers, the 17-year-old victim was the one who was permitted to pay the ultimate price and die. When the girl was just 11 years old, she was se-ually assaulted by an unknown male at a school party. When she was 12, it happened again. At age 14, she was ra-ed in the street by two men. From that moment on, she was on a slow track to her own destruction. She succumbed to the effects of her trauma just three years later.
According to The Metro, the girl passed away after the government agreed to allow the teen to starve herself to death without legal intervention. Although numerous outlets have reported that Noa received legal euthanasia, the Dutch authorities took no action to bring about her death and merely agreed not to prevent her suicide, which does not legally qualify as euthanasia, The Metro reports. After years of fighting and fighting it is finished. After many conversations and assessments it was decided that I will be released because my suffering is unbearable,” Noa wrote. “It’s finished. I have not really been alive for so long, I survive, and not even that. I breathe but no longer live.” Disturbingly, Noa pointed to the exact reason she felt that suicide was the only answer. She explained that, despite the Netherlands’ renowned social services, there is no help for those suffering from mental disorders.
“That’s crazy,” she told the local news outlet. “If you have a serious heart disease, you can undergo surgery within a few weeks. But if you become acutely mentally ill, then they say casually: unfortunately, we are full, just go on the waiting list. And, you have to know that one in ten anorexia patients in the Netherlands dies from the consequences of the eating disorder.” The teen wanted to die because of her long-term clinical depression, which is deeply disturbing since it is a temporary mental state that is entirely treatable and manageable. In short, the teen could have overcome this non-permanent mental affliction with proper support. Instead, her government supported her suicide. Noa first requested euthanasia, which is legal in the Netherlands, when she was just 16. Initially, her parents objected to her suicide attempt, citing the indisputable facts that she hasn’t even mentally developed and that her afflictions are treatable, according to The Metro.
She wrote at the time, “They think I’m too young to die. They think I should complete the trauma treatment and that my brain must first be fully grown. That lasts until you are 21.” Because of her parents’ objection, Noa was denied euthanasia. However, just one year later, she was allowed to starve herself without being subjected to life-saving medical intervention. Under Dutch law, euthanasia can be granted for children as young as 12. However, her parents’ initial opposition prevented Noa from obtaining legal approval. Noa had attempted to die of starvation. She stopped eating and drinking, prompting hospitals to force feed her. Still, she persisted in the fight to take her own life. As her anorexia and depression worsened, she was left to fend for herself.
