{"id":224303,"date":"2020-05-26T10:35:50","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T15:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=224303"},"modified":"2020-05-25T21:15:33","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T02:15:33","slug":"husband-euthanize-wife-previously-saving-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/husband-euthanize-wife-previously-saving-suicide\/","title":{"rendered":"Husband helps to euthanize his wife after previously saving her from suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mar\u00eda Jos\u00e9 Carrasco was only 61 when she died, her death aided by her husband, \u00c1ngel Hern\u00e1ndez. The couple, who lived together in Madrid, Spain, had been battling Carrasco’s diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) for 30 years, and Carrasco said she was tired of living. Though Hern\u00e1ndez had previously saved her life after a suicide attempt, he participated in her euthanasia in 2019.<\/p>\n

A recent Los Angeles Times<\/a>\u00a0article written by Matthew Bremner glowingly described their life and eventual death together, beginning with a description of Carrasco sure to evoke sympathy among readers. “Her body was limp, her face sunken, and her mouth sagged into a scowl,” Bremner wrote. “But Carrasco wasn\u2019t angry; she was nervous, uneasy even. Uneasy and in pain. She had endured multiple sclerosis for 30 years, and it was ravaging her body.”<\/p>\n

Previously, Bremner said, Hern\u00e1ndez tried to keep his wife alive and happy. “But as years passed, he began to question everything he had thought was kindness, everything he thought was generous,” Bremner wrote. “Was he trying to keep her alive for her sake? Or for his? Was he selfish?”<\/p>\n