Preamble:
Euthanasia has been known by many Chinese many years ago, and at present, there are many countries around the world where euthanasia has been legalized, including the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland and so on.
The Netherlands was the first country to legalize euthanasia. There are systematic legal documents to support euthanasia, if the applicant must be a patient, the pain caused by the disease is unbearable, and the applicant's illness must be diagnosed by two doctors before it can be carried out.
In the Netherlands, even husband and wife can apply for euthanasia at the same time.
Event Recap:
The Dutch couple we are talking about today are both 70 years old.
According to the BBC, the two elderly couples who applied for euthanasia, the husband is named Zhan and the wife is called Els. The two met in kindergarten and eventually walked together.
After all, the two have gone through 50 years of ups and downs together.
Zhan spent more than 10 years in heavy physical work in middle age, which had disastrous consequences for his later physical condition. He suffered a serious back illness that did not improve even after surgery.
His wife, Els, had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease the year before last, and it was getting worse.
Seeing that there was no hope of improvement in their condition, the old couple made an appointment to die together.
On June 3, 2024, in the company of his family and the sound of music, he calmly received drug injections and passed away.
According to statistics, in 2023, 9,068 people died due to euthanasia in the Netherlands, accounting for about 5% of the total deaths. Of these, there were 33 cases of double euthanasia, for a total of 66 people.
Former Dutch Prime Minister Dris van Acht, who was seriously ill, and his wife Eugenie, who had a chronic illness, also passed away hand in hand in the form of euthanasia on February 5, 2024.
But even when euthanasia is legalized in countries such as the Netherlands, the controversy about it has never stopped.
According to the report, Dr. Bert of the Euthanasia Professional Center once said such a thing, when he reviewed the application of a couple, he suspected that the husband was forcing his wife to agree to double euthanasia.
When he communicated alone, his wife really said that she had a lot to do and did not want to die with her husband.
Fortunately, the doctor did not approve the application, and the husband died of natural causes, while the wife is still alive.
Netizens commented:
From everyone's comments, many people are concerned about when euthanasia will be introduced into China?
But some netizens pointed out that there are many hidden dangers in this.
Will there be people motivated by interests, such as property inheritance, or even the rampant black market trade in human organs, so as to coerce the victim to agree to euthanasia?
Just like the example given by Dr. Bert of the Euthanasia Center above, what is the difference between a wife who does not want to die, but the husband wants to force her to apply for euthanasia together?
Therefore, with complete laws and regulations to escort, euthanasia can go further.
Write at the end:
In fact, the reason why euthanasia was invented is that I think the original intention of the inventor must be good, and it is a kind of respect for life. There is compassion for people in it.
Imagine, a terminally ill patient is tormented by illness day after day, and at this time he voluntarily chooses to end the pain and can finish the last road with dignity, isn't it a good thing? This is actually a kind of relief for him!
This is often seen in movies and television, a seriously injured person sees no hope of survival, so he begs his comrades to give him a happy picture, which is actually a different kind of euthanasia.
But in the real world, if euthanasia is implemented. The risk is also very large, and this risk comes from the evil in human nature.
What do you think about this? What do you think about euthanasia? Welcome to leave a message in the comment area!