Don't create gaps in the Dutch euthanasia system

Last week, a Dutch citizens' initiative dubbed 'Out of Free Will' (Uit Vrije Wil) proposed an alternative route for elderly people "who feel tired of life" and want assistance in committing suicide. The group said this option should be open to everyone over 70. However there is no reason to limit this path to death to a certain age group. Why should a woman of 50 who loses her only child in a car crash not be eligible? What about a poorly educated woman of 45 who, after suffering ten miscarriages and two failed IVF treatments, has to face she will never have a child and that life has nothing more in store for her than a job behind a checkout counter? What about the carpenter who wants to die because he is physically no longer able to work with his hands, and the people over 80 who suffer from various ailments, who are just tired and have had enough? NRC.nl