"Not euthanasia, but how would you call it ?" I would just call it incredibly sad. It is not euthanasia as defined by Dutch law. Which is something a lot of t

"Not euthanasia, but how would you call it ?" I would just call it incredibly sad. It is not euthanasia as defined by Dutch law. Which is something a lot of the media reporting the story are getting wrong. And is the main point of this article. It is also not euthanasia in the more literal sense of a "good/merciful death". Slowly starving yourself to death is not a good way to die. It is pretty much the opposite. If her request for euthanasia was granted she would have died in a much more humane and peaceful way. Unfortunately for her it was not possible to be euthanized.