When death is preferred to life: Brothers choose death over blindness

Two identical and deaf Belgian brothers have been euthanised after the inseparable middle-aged pair found out they were going blind and would never see each other again.

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Marc and Eddy Verbessem were 45. They lived and worked together; and last month they died together after a Belgium hospital accepted their request to be euthanised.

Belgium is one of three countries where euthanasia is legal for non-terminally ill patients.

The brothers feared they would lose their only way of communicating with each other after learning they were going blind, The Telegraph reported.

They said goodbye to their parents and brother last month before both being euthanised by lethal injection, the week.co.uk reported.

Another hospital had earlier denied the men's request to be euthanised, but Professor Wim Distelmans, who accepted their request, said they met the criteria - in that they must be in unbearable physical or psychological pain.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/8178942/Brothers-choose-death-over-blindness

Quote :: Last month, Belgium's government announced plans to amend the law to allow the euthanasia of children and Alzheimer's sufferers. If passed, the new law will allow euthanasia to be "extended to minors if they are capable of discernment or affected by an incurable illness or suffering that we cannot alleviate".

http://www.smh.com.au/world/euthanasia-twins-had-nothing-to-live-for-20130115-2cq9z.html

The insanity of statism: Minors can now whack themselves with the backing of the state, but they can't engage in sex... sick fucking world!

When death is preferred to life: Brothers choose death over blindness

When death is preferred to life: Brothers choose death over blindness

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