Duo-euthanasia: When parents choose to die together

More elderly couples are choosing to end their lives together through euthanasia. Here is why this is becoming more common.

Some elderly couples are making a big choice. They are deciding to end their lives at the same time. This is called 'duo-euthanasia.' Euthanasia is when a doctor helps someone end their life because they are suffering from a sickness that will not get better. Usually, this happens when a person is in a lot of pain and feels they have no other choice. Recently, more couples have been asking to die together. They do this because they are afraid of being left alone. If one person dies, the other feels they cannot go on without their partner. They want to be together until the very end. In pla…