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"I don't want to die slowly": these French people ready to resort to euthanasia or assisted suicide

2023-01-06T18:24:48.887Z


TESTIMONIALS - In a few years for some, in a few months for others. These French are determined to go to Switzerland, a country where it is possible to decide on his end of life.


In a savings account, she carefully put 12,000 euros aside.

An amount intended to pay the costs of an assisted suicide in Switzerland.

“It reassures me to have this possibility.

I am the captain of my life.

I don't let anyone decide for me,”

explains Dominique Minana.

At 64, this resident of Montpellier has forged a strong character during her dented life.

Suffering from an orphan disease - known as Oppenheim - since birth, she knows the oppressive atmosphere of hospitals and rehabilitation centers by heart.

And, today, she expresses a deep fed up with what she considers to be confinement.

“I'm afraid of spending my end of life in the hospital or in a “dying house” nursing

home, she confides.

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I want to end my existence in a chosen and thoughtful way rather than expose myself to abuse.

Formerly employed in a public company, this militant retiree of the ADMD has only moved around in a wheelchair since 2006. The…

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Source: lefigaro

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