Dries van Agt, the Christian Democrat prime minister of the Netherlands from 1977 until 1982, has died by euthanasia, "hand in hand" together with his wife, according to the human rights organization he founded. They both were 93. The news was made public on Friday by The Rights Forum, which said the couple died Monday and and would be buried in a private ceremony in the eastern city of Nijmegen.
Former Dutch PM and his wife die 'hand in hand' by euthanasia
HAGUE: Former Dutch Prime Minister Dries van Agt, a prominent Christian Democrat who served from 1977 to 1982, has passed away at the age of 93.
According to The Rights Forum, the human rights organization he founded, van Agt and his wife chose euthanasia and passed away together.
The couple had been married for over 70 years. The news of their deaths was announced by The Rights Forum on Friday, stating that they would be privately buried in Nijmegen.
"He died hand in hand with his beloved wife Eugenie van Agt-Krekelberg, the support and anchor with whom he was together for more than 70 years and whom he always continued to refer to as my girl,'" said The Rights Forum in a statement. Sure beats the horrible months of passing of my parents in hospitals .......jk

That's horrible. Suicide isn't right at any age. It's murder.

It is rather strange that a Christian, if that's what a Christian democrat is, would chose suicide. Especially if in their right mind.

beats suffering and wasting away.

Just maybe it beats dying from the grief of losing the person you have shared your life with for over 70 years.

Evil

How awful for him to choose to die in peace on his own terms. He should have wasted away and suffered in agony like a real man.

For those that believe suicide is wrong or evil....is it wrong, if, for example, a person who receives a cancer diagnosis refuses to take treatment, knowing that doing so will cause their death? In other words is choosing not to act, an evil act of suicide?

How about someone that chooses to smoke cigarettes or eats themselves into morbid obesity....is it any better because the suicide takes longer?

I don't necessarily agree. I think quality of life is important to look at first.

In which scenario, suicide, not taking meds, or poor lifestyle choices, is the person playing God?

One might say all of them. You're choosing to bring about your death in all three situations, when you have the option to choose to continue living instead. Some methods are just faster than others.

There's things much worse than dying.

Probably where the suffering really starts.

How about I, your children, your ex wife, your Dr Mengele, your government make that choice for you?

We ain't talking some despondent head case taking a long walk off a short pier. We're talking state sanctioned taking of human life.

Yeah, that slippery slope thingy that always ends badly.

That's quite a leap. Nowhere did I say anything about government or anyone else making that choice for someone else.

In any case, you're creating a strawman argument. You're complaining about government forcing or encouraging people to commit suicide, instead of addressing what I actually said.

That's called a "CINO".

Lol.

One might say that loosegoose but if the one can't discern the difference between the three, that's one you don't go to for life questions.

They are already encouraging kids to kill themselves. Pure evil.

Take a look north of us. Govt Healthcare first step, then MAID gets added. Nice cleaning lady acronym for Medical Assistance In Dying. Now we have multiple examples otherwise perfectly healthy people being offed by, and at the encouragement of, their govt physicians for matters as trivial as depression, unemployment or poverty. And the latest push is to open access to MAID for children.

That's not strawman, that's actually happening.

And I've been there, where I was at least close to wanting to die. Thank God for good medical people but mostly thank God I know life is a gift from him and not my choice to make.

I had cancer. Already been through all the big questions. But deciding not to be treated would not have been the same as putting a bullet in my brain. Anyone who is honest can see the difference.