Netherlands Doctors Approve Euthanizing 29-Year-Old Mentally Ill Woman. She Died Saturday.

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On Saturday, a 29-year-old woman who suffered from severe mental illness was put to death in the Netherlands after euthanasia was approved by doctors. Aurelia Brouwers died in her own bed after having chosen to end her own life to escape the excruciating metal anguish she had suffered for years. She heard voices in her head, mutilated herself repeatedly and attempted suicide multiple times; she received permission for euthanasia after a struggle to get the state to approve of her dying.

Using a fictional name, Brouwers told RTL Nieuws, “"I think that after such a rotten life I am entitled to a dignified death.” She wrote on her blog:


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