Deaf Twin Brothers Voluntarily Euthanized
January 16, 2013
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5:14Now PlayingDeaf Twin Brothers Voluntarily Euthanized
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as posted by the channel"Identical twins were killed by Belgian doctors last month in a unique mercy killing under Belgium's euthanasia laws.
The two men, 45, from the Antwerp region were both born deaf and sought euthanasia after finding that they would also soon go blind.
The pair told doctors that they were unable to bear the thought of not being able to see each other again."*
Facing blindness, two deaf twin brothers elected to commit assisted suicide in Belgium via lethal injection. This assisted suicide case is unusual- neither man was terminally ill nor suffering unbearable pain. Is the choice conscionable? Is it any of our business? John Iadarola (Host, TYT University) and Hermela Aregawi (Producer, TYT on Current) discuss.
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