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Who will still claim that there are no mental health issues involved? She was disappointed after her operation did not produce the expected results? What did she expect? Such an operation is self-mutilation. At least she had a peaceful death of her own choosing.
A high-profile case of a Belgian transsexual who chose to be killed by medical euthanasia after a sex-change operation turned him into a "monster" has highlighted the soaring number of people in the region electing to die this way – and has raised fresh questions over the controversial practice.
Nathan Verhelst, born Nancy, gave an interview to a local newspaper hours before his death this week citing his "unbearable psychological suffering" – rather than a terminal or degenerative physical illness – as his reason for dying voluntarily.
"When I looked in the mirror, I was disgusted with myself. My new breasts did not match my expectations and my new penis had symptoms of rejection. I do not want to be... a monster," Verhelst told Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws, referencing his double mastectomy and surgery to construct a penis last year.
Verhelst, 44, was killed by voluntary lethal injection on Monday according to local media reports.
That was a horrifying case. The poor guy was basically driven insane by his parents who dismissed him at birth because he was born a girl. Scar a person that much in that their formative years, no wonder they eventually go insane.
His mother said to the press that she didn't feel anything, that there was no bond to be broken.
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