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TexasBushwhacker

(20,873 posts)

2. Some countries are much more liberal and humane

Reply to Curmudgeoness (Reply #1)

Sat Aug 15, 2015, 10:28 PM

Aug 2015

about right to die issues. There were identical twin brothers in Belgium who were deaf. The were 45, worked together as cobblers and shared a flat. Then they found out they were quickly going blind. They weren't ill otherwise, but the thought of never seeing each other again, being unable to work or communicate, was unbearable. They chose to end their lives with the help of compassionate doctors.

But Henry only lives a few hours away and I've been meaning to visit him for a long time. So now I will.