Deaf Belgian twins going blind 'commit euthanasia'  Deaf Belgian
identical twins used a decade-old euthanasia law in a mercy-
killing pact after they began to go blind, Flemish media
reported Saturday.  In what was presented as a unique case, the
45-year-old men from the Antwerp area who shared a bedroom all
their lives began to encounter problems with their sight several
years ago, Het Laatste Nieuws newspaper said according to
French-language reports.  Brussels doctors backed the twins'
demand to be allowed to die on December 14 last year, even
though neither man was suffering from any terminal illness.
Days after their death, Belgian Socialists submitted a proposed
law change that would also allow minors and Alzheimer's
sufferers to seek permission to die.  Belgium was the second
country in the world after The Netherlands to legalise
euthanasia in 2002.  Some 1,133 cases -- mostly for terminal
cancer -- were recorded in 2011, according to official figures.
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