Belgium Deaf Twins Kill Themselves Before They Go Blind

From the Reno Gazette Journal: Distraught about going blind, 45-year-old deaf twin brothers from Belgium chose to be euthanized because they couldn't bear not to see one another, according to reports from Flanders.
Marc and Eddy Verbessem of Putte died Dec. 14 by lethal injection at Brussels University Hospital. Voluntary euthanasia has been legal in Belgium since September 2002.
The doctor who presided over the euthanasia described the twins as being "very happy."
"It was a relief to see the end of their suffering," David Dufour told Germany's RTL TV network. "They had a cup of coffee in the hall, it went well, and a rich conversation. The separation from their parents and brother was very serene and beautiful. At the last, there was a little wave of their hands, and then they were gone."
The twins, who were born deaf, had spent their entire lives together. Both were cobblers, and they never married or had children. ....
"Their great fear was that they would no longer be able to see each other," he said. "That was for my brothers unbearable."
He said he and their parents tried to talk them out of it, but they were persuaded to let them die as they wanted.
The brothers' hospital refused their desire to end their lives, because doctors did not accept that they were suffering unbearable pain, one of the major requirements, the Telegraphsays....
Calling legal euthanasia a "slippery slope," Catholic Online declares, "It is only a matter of time before we report the story of the first child euthanized in Belgium," which is predominantly Catholic.
"Virtually everything is troubling about this outbreak of suicides, induced by the spread of postmodern culture across Europe. It is troubling that doctors who swear an oath to do no harm are carrying out these procedures. Sometimes doing the deed personally, and sometimes only assisting, based on the laws where they work....
"Ultimately, it becomes difficult to avoid comparison between the Nazi officers who divided death-camp arrivals between those who could work and those who would die. …"  http://www.rgj.com/article/20130116/NEWS12/130116004/Deaf-twins-distraught-over-going-blind-choose-to-be-euthanized
The deaf brothers had other options, besides using doctors to kill them.  They could have killed themselves by themselves, dealt with their disabilities or sought treatment and cures- if possible.  But they chose the easiest way out- having other people kill them, just like some people commit suicide by cop or jump in front of moving trains or trucks.
I can understand, perhaps, committing suicide if you are in tremendous pain, have dementia or other horrible and painful disease, but these two cowards didn't have these conditions.  They chose to harm the medical profession by using them to kill themselves.