As we fight (and at times celebrate) for one to determine when to legally end their own life, an elderly couple in their 90’s and many medical problems use Dutch Law of Euthanasia to die together. Should we pass law to allow the same here in the US – PB/TK
Couple got ‘deepest wish’ — to die together — in rare euthanasia case – By Lindey Bever / Aug 18 2017
Nic and Trees Elderhorst knew exactly how they wanted to die.
They were both 91 years old and in declining health. Nic Elderhorst suffered a stroke in 2012 and more recently, his wife, Trees Elderhorst, was diagnosed with dementia, according to the Dutch newspaper, De Gelderlander.
Neither wanted to live without the other, or leave this world alone.
So the two, who lived in Didam, a town in the eastern part of the Netherlands, and had been together 65 years, shared a last word, and a kiss, then died last month hand in hand — in a double euthanasia allowed under Dutch law, according to De Gelderlander.
“Dying together was their deepest wish,” their daughters told the newspaper, according to an English translation.
Continue to ajc.com article: http://www.ajc.com/lifestyles/couple-got-deepest-wish-die-together-rare-euthanasia-case/egK4s2sj2mbMPU2sL5GTTO/
