NETHERLANDS, January 18, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – A young physically healthy Dutch woman who suffers from mental illness is scheduled to die by voluntary lethal injection on January 26. A Canadian pro-life group, however, has launched an online campaign in an effort to persuade the woman to take hope and not end her life.
Aurelia, 29, said her life is “rotten” and that she is at least “entitled to a dignified death.”
“I have been so devoured by my psychiatric disorders that I am completely broken,” she told the Netherlands’ RTL News. “I want to die in a dignified way, I think that after such a rotten life I am entitled to a dignified death; people who have a serious illness also get a chance for a worthy end.”
But Alex Schadenberg of the Canadian-based Euthanasia Prevention Coalition has written an open letter to Amelia, asking her to reconsider her decision. The letter is open for anyone to sign.
“Aurelia needs to be cared for, not killed,” Schadenberg told LifeSiteNews in an interview.
“The story of Aurelia touches me so greatly because it is the result of a society that enables doctors to kill people,” he said.
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