Elderly Couple Plans To Die Together Via Assisted Suicide
Click here for reuse options!The couple’s adult children claim they would not be able to care for one parent if the other died. The kids have found a doctor to help end their parents’ lives in a first-ever double euthanasia.
The Daily Mail claims the couple in Brussels, Belgium, are “healthy,” but also reports that Francis has had prostate cancer for 20 years and must take morphine on a daily basis.
His wife Anne is partially blind and almost completely deaf.
The couple doesn’t want to live without the other and fears they might become confined to a bed. The seniors claim they cannot afford a good retirement home, which would eat all their savings.
Francis and Anne are planning to end their lives on their 64th wedding anniversary (Feb. 3, 2015) with an overdose of sleeping pills while wearing plastic bags over the heads for asphyxiation.
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edmeyer_able September 26th, 2014 at 23:32
Quality of life is valued so much more than quantity, it’s sad that they have chosen this option. I wont judge their decision but only wish them peace.
starskeptic September 27th, 2014 at 02:43
I’ll take a small amount of quality over heaping doses of quantity.
edmeyer_able September 26th, 2014 at 23:32
Quality of life is often valued so much more than quantity, it’s sad that they have chosen this option. I wont judge their decision but only wish them peace.
starskeptic September 27th, 2014 at 02:43
I’ll take a small amount of quality over heaping doses of quantity.
tiredoftea September 27th, 2014 at 00:13
Too bad the fringe right can’t use them as part of Obama’s death panel victims. Wait, that won’t stop Palin, though will it? I mean Belgium is right next to 1400 Pennsylvania Ave, right?
rg9rts September 27th, 2014 at 07:38
She can see it from her house
tiredoftea September 27th, 2014 at 00:13
Too bad the fringe right can’t use them as part of Obama’s death panel victims. Wait, that won’t stop Palin, though will it? I mean Belgium is right next to 1400 Pennsylvania Ave, right?
rg9rts September 27th, 2014 at 07:38
She can see it from her house
neworleans878 September 27th, 2014 at 00:51
Their choice with good reason. I support them.
nola878 September 27th, 2014 at 00:51
Their choice with good reason. I support them.
Red Eye Robot September 27th, 2014 at 06:38
Essentially healthy people choosing to die out of an irrational fear. The left doesn’t raise an eyebrow, some even applaud their decision. Had this couple chosen to use a gun to end their lives this story would be decried by the left as gun violence. Shannon Watts would be calling to restrict gun purchases, the left would make outlandish claims that these deaths could have been prevented
rg9rts September 27th, 2014 at 07:37
If they used a gun the NRA would proclaim it from the roof tops. The gopeenazis would be happy not to have to care for any more non productive leeches on society…like children that like to eat
edmeyer_able September 27th, 2014 at 08:40
Francis has had prostate cancer for 20 years and must take morphine on a daily basis. His wife Anne is partially blind and almost completely deaf.
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Funny response coming from a party that would characterize Francis and Ann as the 47% who take from society and add nothing to aid the 1% in their struggle to remain in the UTOPIAN SOCIETY that THEY created.
Carla Akins September 27th, 2014 at 09:08
Bullshit. Using a firearm seems like a violent choice for someone choosing this option, but their choice. Shannon Watts, Everyone for gun safety, Doctors/Women/Families/Grandparents for sensible gun laws – are all looking for just that; reasonable and sensible requirements for gun ownership. Asking someone to offer proof of responsible behavior, the ability to understand safety protocol and pass a proficiency test should be the mantra of every responsible gun owner. The are a tremendous number of asshats out there doing real harm and making the good gun owner’s look bad.
edmeyer_able September 27th, 2014 at 09:21
Your words have such an ironic ring to them since if this couple lived in one of the states w/a republican gov. who is denying the expansion of medicare, and wish to privatize SS they probably wouldn’t have lived as long as they have.
Red Eye Robot September 27th, 2014 at 06:38
Essentially healthy people choosing to die out of an irrational fear. The left doesn’t raise an eyebrow, some even applaud their decision. Had this couple chosen to use a gun to end their lives this story would be decried by the left as gun violence. Shannon Watts would be calling to restrict gun purchases, the left would make outlandish claims that these deaths could have been prevented
rg9rts September 27th, 2014 at 07:37
If they used a gun the NRA would proclaim it from the roof tops. The gopeenazis would be happy not to have to care for any more non productive leeches on society…like children that like to eat
edmeyer_able September 27th, 2014 at 08:40
Francis has had prostate cancer for 20 years and must take morphine on a daily basis. His wife Anne is partially blind and almost completely deaf.
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Funny response coming from a party that would characterize Francis and Ann as the 47% who take from society and add nothing to aid the 1% in their struggle to remain in the UTOPIAN SOCIETY that THEY created.
Carla Akins September 27th, 2014 at 09:08
Bullshit. Using a firearm seems like a violent choice for someone choosing this option, but their choice. Shannon Watts, Everyone for gun safety, Doctors/Women/Families/Grandparents for sensible gun laws – are all looking for just that; reasonable and sensible requirements for gun ownership. Asking someone to offer proof of responsible behavior, the ability to understand safety protocol and pass a proficiency test should be the mantra of every responsible gun owner. The are a tremendous number of asshats out there doing real harm and making the good gun owner’s look bad.
edmeyer_able September 27th, 2014 at 09:21
Your words have such an ironic ring to them since if this couple lived in one of the states w/a republican gov. who is denying the expansion of medicare, and wish to privatize SS they probably wouldn’t have lived as long as they have.
rg9rts September 27th, 2014 at 07:35
Its a choice…
rg9rts September 27th, 2014 at 07:35
Its a choice…
Anomaly 100 September 27th, 2014 at 07:44
“The couple’s adult children claim they would not be able to care for one parent if the other died. ”
Really? C’mon. We only get one set of parents and there are no do-overs in life. Take care of your parents.
Carla Akins September 27th, 2014 at 07:54
The children’s excuse sounds weak, but I don’t know what the real story may be. At their ages, healthy is a relative term and if this is their choice I can’t judge them. I cry every time I think of Briar’s passing but am I relieved that she was able to go on her own terms.
Anomaly 100 September 27th, 2014 at 08:08
Wait, what? Briar isn’t gone yet, is she?
Carla Akins September 27th, 2014 at 08:50
Sorry, yes. Two weeks ago. This made me smaile. http://www.animals24-7.org/2014/09/13/legendary-undercover-dogfighting-investigator-dies-at-60/
Anomaly 100 September 27th, 2014 at 09:00
She wrote me, sometimes daily, and she even sent me a picture to hang on the wall of my new home. She said she wanted me to have something to remember her by. I can’t believe she just went for it and ended her life. I understand her choice by a selfish and didn’t want to see the world without Briar. I have the sads right now.
Carla Akins September 27th, 2014 at 09:11
I am so sorry, I just assumed you knew. It makes me sad too, but I smile every time I think of her unfiltered, unapologetic, in your face approach to life.
Anomaly 100 September 27th, 2014 at 09:53
Don’t be sorry. Thanks for telling me. I’m just having another selfish moment. She was an amazing person.
Anomaly 100 September 27th, 2014 at 07:44
“The couple’s adult children claim they would not be able to care for one parent if the other died. ”
Really? C’mon. We only get one set of parents and there are no do-overs in life. Take care of your parents.
Carla Akins September 27th, 2014 at 07:54
The children’s excuse sounds weak, but I don’t know what the real story may be. At their ages, healthy is a relative term and if this is their choice I can’t judge them. I cry every time I think of Briar’s passing but am I relieved that she was able to go on her own terms.
Anomaly 100 September 27th, 2014 at 08:08
Wait, what? Briar isn’t gone yet, is she?
Carla Akins September 27th, 2014 at 08:50
Sorry, yes. Two weeks ago. This made me smile. http://www.animals24-7.org/2014/09/13/legendary-undercover-dogfighting-investigator-dies-at-60/
Anomaly 100 September 27th, 2014 at 09:00
She wrote me, sometimes daily, and she even sent me a picture to hang on the wall of my new home. She said she wanted me to have something to remember her by. I can’t believe she just went for it and ended her life. I understand her choice by a selfish and didn’t want to see the world without Briar. I have the sads right now.
Carla Akins September 27th, 2014 at 09:11
I am so sorry, I just assumed you knew. It makes me sad too, but I smile every time I think of her unfiltered, unapologetic, in your face approach to life.
Anomaly 100 September 27th, 2014 at 09:53
Don’t be sorry. Thanks for telling me. I’m just having another selfish moment. She was an amazing person.
uzza September 27th, 2014 at 09:15
I killed my best friend yesterday. For thirteen years she’s been my constant companion, ever since her homeless mom decided to trust us and carried her three children by the scruff of their necks from under the abandoned house where they were born.
She always loved to sit on my lap, and she slept with me. She only ate dry food, or ice
cream. She ruined my desk chair with her favorite game of upside-down clawing. She got less active in her later years, and when it got hard for her to jump up on the bed or the desk I kept boxes there to help her climb up.
Last spring a lump appeared on her shoulder, that turned into a huge ugly, oozing mass the size of her own head that constantly discharged a foul smelling gunk, matting her hair. She got so she could barely walk, had trouble making it to the litter box. Doctors couldn’t help her. She stopped eating.
Yesterday she sat purring on my lap again, and I scratched her head while the vet gave her a little poke, and she fell asleep and my world changed.
Everyone agrees that we did the best thing possible for Jekyl. When my own cancer does the same things to me, I would like to be extended the same courtesy, thank you.
Dwendt44 September 27th, 2014 at 19:24
Having to put down two furry friends and watch another die in front of me, I feel your pain. Condolences.
uzza September 27th, 2014 at 09:15
I killed my best friend yesterday. For thirteen years she’s been my constant companion, ever since her homeless mom decided to trust us and carried her three children by the scruff of their necks from under the abandoned house where they were born.
She always loved to sit on my lap, and she slept with me. She only ate dry food, or ice
cream. She ruined my desk chair with her favorite game of upside-down clawing. She got less active in her later years, and when it got hard for her to jump up on the bed or the desk I kept boxes there to help her climb up.
Last spring a lump appeared on her shoulder, that turned into a huge ugly, oozing mass the size of her own head that constantly discharged a foul smelling gunk, matting her hair. She got so she could barely walk, had trouble making it to the litter box. Doctors couldn’t help her. She stopped eating.
Yesterday she sat purring on my lap again, and I scratched her head while the vet gave her a little poke, and she fell asleep and my world changed. She’s buried now in my yard, under a little wooden sign.
Everyone agrees that we did the best thing possible for Jekyl. When the cancer I have does the same things to me, I would like to be extended the same courtesy, thank you.
Dwendt44 September 27th, 2014 at 19:24
Having to put down two furry friends and watch another die in front of me, I feel your pain. Condolences.
Abby Normal September 27th, 2014 at 09:52
I believe strongly in a person’s right to end their life on their own terms. I do have a problem, however, with a third party giving someone a nudge – or a shove – in that direction. In this case, it’s the couples’ adult children announcing they will not be able to care for one of the parents after the other dies. In another case I read about, a woman gave her husband an ultimatum: assisted suicide or a nursing home.
Suzanne McFly September 27th, 2014 at 11:45
How can you tell a parent “your on your own, I can’t care for you”, I can’t imagine what situations their children find themselves in that would elicit that response.
Abby Normal September 27th, 2014 at 09:52
I believe strongly in a person’s right to end their life on their own terms. I do have a problem, however, with a third party giving someone a nudge – or a shove – in that direction. In this case, it’s the couples’ adult children announcing they will not be able to care for one of the parents after the other dies. In another case I read about, a woman gave her husband an ultimatum: assisted suicide or a nursing home. He chose assisted suicide.
Suzanne McFly September 27th, 2014 at 11:45
How can you tell a parent “your on your own, I can’t care for you”, I can’t imagine what situations their children find themselves in that would elicit that response.
juicyfruityyy September 27th, 2014 at 13:17
The Children can start planning on the care of the parents. It’s too easy to plan the death. They are healthy. Take care of them. Remember children; one day you are going to need help.
juicyfruityyy September 27th, 2014 at 13:17
The Children can start planning on the care of the parents. It’s too easy to plan the death. They are healthy. Take care of them. Remember children; one day you are going to need help.