British media are reporting on the case of a wife who took her husband to Dignitas.

[Rational man]

A British wife is being investigated by police, following her husbands assisted dying at Dignitas, Switzerland. The pair travelled to the clinic where they spent the last hour of his life walking and talking in the Alpine sunshine. The husband died in her arms in the clinic, having spent Years living with Motor neurone disease. She described his death , quote ' He laughed and slipped away... it was a beautiful death'. unquote....... Now in the UK, assistance in dying is illegal despite the parliamentary vote last Year, theres still hurdles to mount not withstanding the potential 4 Year backstop on this pending bill. Many diseases dont do 4 Year backstop, they often progress relentlessly regardless, including my illness. Many people are living through hell, often in pain and often in poverty.

 

[Forever Sleep]

This makes me so angry. Ok, if they suspect foul play or something but, it sounds far from this. Maybe if she'd assisted a suicide on UK soil- it being illegal still. But she didn't- they likely went through a rigorous and long procedure with a well known and legitimate company overseas to be accepted. It's not like she would have administered anything lethal herself. All she would have done is be there with him. It's such a courageous and loving act to spare the one she loves from suffering and, this is how she gets rewarded.

Plus, they also wonder why people sneak off to do it without telling their families. This is partly why. They likely don't want them investigated for a crime! I truly just despair with this country.

 

[FuneralCry]

Rest in peace, it's so horrific and extremely cruel how the right to die is a crime with the suffering and torture of human existence seen as to force and prolong no matter what, people should have the option to peacefully escape from and prevent all future suffering, it's such a horrifying world where humans are tortured so much all while they are waiting to die anyway.

 

[Rational man]

This makes me so angry. Ok, if they suspect foul play or something but, it sounds far from this. Maybe if she'd assisted a suicide on UK soil- it being illegal still. But she didn't- they likely went through a rigorous and long procedure with a well known and legitimate company overseas to be accepted. It's not like she would have administered anything lethal herself. All she would have done is be there with him. It's such a courageous and loving act to spare the one she loves from suffering and, this is how she gets rewarded.

Plus, they also wonder why people sneak off to do it without telling their families. This is partly why. They likely don't want them investigated for a crime! I truly just despair with this country.

From my understanding, she may or may not have broken the law by assisting her husband to the port of exit from UK. Im not entirely sure, even though they apparently planned this together. Its such a sad situation. If I go down thie route in the end, I would not jeopardise a loved one. But on the other hand, I could understand the mindset of compassionate loving person, who may wish to help me in any way possible,seeing me with a painful incurable disease, just so sad.

Rest in peace, it's so horrific and extremely cruel how the right to die is a crime with the suffering and torture of human existence seen as to force and prolong no matter what, people should have the option to peacefully escape from and prevent all future suffering, it's such a horrifying world where humans are tortured so much all while they are waiting to die anyway.

RIP too. You say.it.so eloquently.

 

[Forever Sleep]

From my understanding, she may or may not have broken the law by assisting her husband to the port of exit from UK. Im not entirely sure, even though they apparently planned this together. Its such a sad situation. If I go down thie route in the end, I would not jeopardise a loved one. But on the other hand, I could understand why a compassionate loving person may wish to help me whilst im alive with painful incurable disease. Its just so sad.

RIP too. You say.it.so eloquently.

It's just terrible. I understand maybe the law needs to protect vulnerable people whose relatives might try to bump them off under the guise of assisted suicide. When it is as highly regulated as Dignitas though, it just seems ridiculous. There's no way they would have accepted his application if his circumstances weren't debilitating. I still don't fully understand it either. Ok, his wife may have accompanied him but, she wouldn't have been the one administering anything lethal.

 

[Rational man]

It's just terrible. I understand maybe the law needs to protect vulnerable people whose relatives might try to bump them off under the guise of assisted suicide. When it is as highly regulated as Dignitas though, it just seems ridiculous. There's no way they would have accepted his application if his circumstances weren't debilitating. I still don't fully understand it either. Ok, his wife may have accompanied him but, she wouldn't have been the one administering anything lethal.

The husband with MND would have to demonstrate that he could take the cocktail by his own hand so I understand. MND is brutal, neurodegenerative, awfulness. There was a case a few Years ago where the law rejected a woman's request to die. She feared drowning in her own saliva. Sadly she did die, with froth and bubbles around her mouth when she died, so the story goes. Honestly, we allow people to die in the most brutal ways.