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Going Blind, Deaf Twins Die by Assisted Suicide

Belgian brothers were inseparable, doctor says

By Neal Colgrass,  Newser Staff | Suggested by pg13

Posted Jan 14, 2013 4:20 PM CST

(Newser) – A pair of deaf identical twins were euthanized last month in Belgium after learning they would go blind and not see each other again, ABC News reports. Unable to bear the thought, the 45-year-olds died by lethal injection at the Brussels University Hospital after having...   Read full story »

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