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Requests for couples euthanasia rise in the Netherlands
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this post was submitted on 15 Feb 2024
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Wow this thing is getting real bleak real fast.
The fact that I'm getting down-voted means I guess people feel that I'm criticizing the legalization of assisted suicide.
It's possible to believe that assisted suicide should be legal and also believe that it's incredibly bleak that people are so hopeless. Remember when this started we were talking about how it's not humane to force someone to say drown own their own liquefying lungs or something. Now our society is apparently going to a place where people would rather quit living than go on after their spouse has passed. How did we get here?
But it's not about hopelessness. It's about coming to terms with having lived a full life and being fully ready for a dignified end of it. My girlfriend works in a Dutch nursing home and has had the privilege of assisting a couple of euthanasia tracts for the elderly, and she says it's one of the most magnificent things she was able to do for someone, emotionally speaking. People are very clear about the reasons (which have to be not only discussed, but thoroughly vetted by 2 doctors) and do not make this decision lightly. These is a very high level of clear communication between the family, doctors and patients about all relevant aspects for everyone involved.
I think when you and I reach that age, we will have very different thoughts on life and death.