Former Dutch Prime Minister Dries van Agt and his wife Eugene have died by state-sponsored suicide .
The couple died on Monday “hand-in-hand” in their hometown of Nijmegen, Netherlands. They were both 93 years old when they decided to die by euthanasia. Both of them were reportedly in failing health.
While duo euthanasia remains relatively rare in the Netherlands, it is rising. According to the New York Post, 29 couples opted for lethal injection in 2022. This compared to 16 couples who died by euthanasia in 2021 and 13 in 2020.
A human rights nonprofit founded by Agt called “The Rights Forum” announced the couple’s death on Friday in a statement .”He died together and hand in hand with his beloved wife Eugenie van Agt-Krekelberg, the support and support with whom he was together for more than seventy years, and whom he always continued to refer to as ‘my girl,’” the organization […]
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