Twins allowed to commit suicide

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Published: 12 Jan 2013 at 15.56
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BRUSSELS - Identical twins were allowed to take their lives together after their dwindling eyesight became an unbearable burden, a Belgian newspaper has reported.

The men died on Dec 14, Het Laatste Nieuws reported, in the first case in the world of twins using the legal right to euthanasia.

The 45-year-old men, who were born deaf, had spent their entire lives together, the newspaper reported. They grew up in the same room, both qualified as shoemakers and later moved into the same apartment in Putte, 30 kilometres northeast of Brussels.

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Arthur_Ide
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Discussion 7 : 20 Jan 2013 at 22.207
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A zygote, like fetal tissue evolving into a nine-month term fetus is not a human being if it cannot sustain life on its own following either the C-section or passage through the birth canal. The tissues belong to the woman and only the woman (no one else, no male nor female) can tell the one carrying the fertilized egg whether or not the woman can keep it or remove it as unwanted growth. There is no synopsis of the cortex in the first tri-mester, nor is there any reality of a "baby" before the end of the second. Abortion is a private matter and the right to determine the destiny or destruction of fertilized egss rests with the woman.
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Quote : No bishop, priest, pope, pastor, rabbi, ayatollah, mullah or other clergy of any religion has any right to tell any person he or she cannot commit doctor-assisted suicide. It is a private matter and death is preferred by many who cannot bear the travails and troubles of life, of loss of motor skills and destructive diseases. It is the individual's right to determine the date and nature of how he or she dies, and the society has no right for any reason to interfere. I will end my own life when I decide, and all the predatory preyers petitioning heaven can take a flying leap into their imaginary hell.

And the SAME stands abortion.
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Discussion 5 : 13 Jan 2013 at 00.375
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awesome, Somebody was thinking straight
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No bishop, priest, pope, pastor, rabbi, ayatollah, mullah or other clergy of any religion has any right to tell any person he or she cannot commit doctor-assisted suicide. It is a private matter and death is preferred by many who cannot bear the travails and troubles of life, of loss of motor skills and destructive diseases. It is the individual's right to determine the date and nature of how he or she dies, and the society has no right for any reason to interfere. I will end my own life when I decide, and all the predatory preyers petitioning heaven can take a flying leap into their imaginary hell.
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Discussion 3 : 12 Jan 2013 at 18.363
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Wow, what a humane country. This would never be allowed in the USA. Being "politically correct" is all they care about these days. The media/California sold it, appears more than half of America bought it. It seems being oh so cute and saying/doing the same thing for everyone is the socialistic way now. I guess obama and the cohorts are having their way,,,,,,,so far. It won't last too long though, the REAL people will rise before long. I suppose with these twins that one more barrier was just more than they could live with. R I P
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Discussion 2 : 12 Jan 2013 at 18.072
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I think the right to commit suicide doctor assisted or not should be respected .
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Discussion 1 : 12 Jan 2013 at 17.421
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A healthy decision on their part. They were fortunate to live in a society where persons and justice are respected.
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