I wanted to share with you breaking news on a recent study revealing that at least sixty patients with eating disorders have been offered and used assisted suicide in Belgium, the Netherlands, and the United States. Alarmingly, a third of these cases involved young people in their teens and twenties, many of whom had not received comprehensive treatment.
This practice undermines decades of research on effective treatments and endangers the lives of vulnerable individuals. Moreover, it raises significant public safety concerns and an urgent need for increased access to eating disorder care, which remains inaccessible to many patients due to cost, lack of insurance, and extended wait times.
We invite you to join us in spreading the word. We are also amplifying the social media campaign with the hashtag #TreatableNotTerminal to strengthen the message that people with eating disorders need access to treatment — not lethal medications.
Thank you for your continued interest and support as we work together to protect vulnerable patients with eating disorders from lethal drugs.
Matt Vallière
Executive Director
Patients Rights Action Fund
