A young Dutch woman finally got her tragic wish: to die by assisted suicide.
29-year-old Zoraya ter Beek’s life was terminated last week after waiting three years for final approval for her euthanasia, which is legal in the Netherlands if the patient is deemed to be experiencing “unbearable suffering with no prospect of improvement.”
Ter Beek was diagnosed with autism when she was 21, and by the time she was 22, she wore a “Do Not Resuscitate” tag around her neck, The Free Press reported. She reportedly had been hoping to end her life since she was a child as she was bullied growing up and often felt like she didn’t fit in.
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