Why was the misinformation that 'the rape was hurt and the 17-year-old girl who suffered from trauma euthanized' was explosively widespread?
The news that the 17-year-old Dutch girl Noa Pothoven who had been the victim of rape died of legal euthanasia was reported by major news sites such as
The euthanasia that wasn't – POLITICO
https://www.politico.eu/article/noa-pothoven-euthanasia-that-wasnt-suicide-mental-illness-anorexia/
Noa Pothoven 'Euthanasia' Story Misreported by US Media
https://jezebel.com/dozens-of-english-language-news-sites-are-misreporting-1835267919
It was Naomi O'Leary , a journalist from news media POLITICO, who pointed out that Pothoven's death was not euthanasia. When O'Leary contacted the writer of an original news article written in Dutch, it was denied the report that 'we were killed'. O'Leary accused 'other news sites have failed to confirm in 10 minutes.'
A 17-year-old rape victim was NOT euthanised in the Netherlands. @ Euronews @ Independent @ DailyMailUK @ dailybeast are all wrong
— Naomi O'Leary (@NaomiOhReally) June 5, 2019
It takes about 10 mins to check with the reporter who wrote the original Dutch story.
Noa Pothoven asked for euthanasia and was refused (cont.) Pic.twitter.com/e7PYQSCxG1
According to Paul Bolwerk, who wrote a Dutch news article in December 2018, Pothoven suffers from persecution at the age of 11 and 12 and has been plagued by trauma since he was raped at the age of 14 About. According to Pothoven's autobiography, published in 2018, ' Winnen of leren ' (Win or learn), it was written that Pothoven had been in and out of hospital many times due to this trauma. Pothoven may not be able to attend school due to trauma, stress disorder, depression or loss of appetite, may have been hospitalized due to excessive weight loss, and may have been forced into a coma (concrete) state to provide nutritional support. is.
At the age of 16, Pothoven went to his Levenseind clinic in The Hague, the Netherlands, in secret, asking if legal euthanasia was possible, but he did not accept it. In the Netherlands, euthanasia and suicide assistance are legalized under the Suicide Aid Act, and it is possible for those 12 years of age or older to seek suicide assistance, but it is said that parents need to be involved in that decision. So far, it has been very rare for minors to seek suicide assistance, except for those in terminal care.
It seems that Pothoven's family has been desperately looking for ways to help him, but there are few facilities that can treat depression for minors, few facilities that can be hospitalized to treat anorexia, and a long waiting list In order to be able to receive proper treatment. He also considered ect, but he was refused because of his age. And, after finding out that he could not receive ect, Pothoven refused to do any further treatment.
Later, around June 2018, Pothoven rejected all drinks and food, and doctors and parents didn't overdo it. And, Pothoven seems to have taken a breath at home in the form of drowning.
A few days before his death, Pothoven posted a 'Sad, Last Post' content to his Instagram account. In the last post, Pothoven spells out as follows:
'The point is that I die for up to 10 days. After many years of fighting, I have stopped eating and drinking. Talk a lot, think again and again, this conclusion My suffering was unbearable, but it is over, I have not lived for a long time, I have survived, but I have not lived in a true sense. I did, but I did not live. '
This news was first translated into
About Pothoven's death, isn't it euthanasia in the point 'a family did not stop suicide'? It may be pointed out that, by definition, this is not euthanasia. Euthanasia is 'to give medicine purposefully to end life,' and is clearly defined in the Netherlands as 'positive intervention to bring death.'
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