"The sooner the better": the last and dramatic video of the woman helped by her husband to die

Maria José Carrasco had repeated ad nauseam and Ángel Hernández, her husband, had promised to help him.

Wednesday, however, after administering the drug that would help her put an end to the suffering caused by multiple sclerosis, Hernandez was arrested.

Two videos published later by the Spanish newspaper The country show the process and, at the best style of the film Sea in the interior, starring Javier Bardem, seeks to reflect the consent of Carrasco before the whole process.

In the first recording, the woman, who has been ill for 30 years, confirms that she wants to commit suicide "as soon as possible". In the second, they maintain a dialogue a few seconds before the supply of the liquid that would end her life and she gives her final consent.

María José Carrasco repeated "several times" to her husband his desire to die and the end of his suffering.

In addition to the video, Angel wrote a letter a few days ago in which he recounted the suffering of his wife and announced the decision to help him die.

In the letter, he details the reasons that led them to make this decision and discusses the "Deniers" of euthanasia to ask them to become aware "of the pain they cause to all those who, like Maria José and her family, suffer from her attitude".

Also, ask lawmakers moving to positions less opposed to euthanasia so that someone who needs it does not have to follow the same paths as them.

The Spanish Minister of Health, María Luisa Carcedo, lamented today the absence of regulations to avoid "suffering as painful" as this one.

New controversy around euthanasia

In Spain, there is a growing social demand for the legalization of euthanasia and a survey carried out by the CIS State Agency, pointed out that the 70% of Spaniards agree to regulate it.

But the bill introduced by the Socialist Party last year is blocked because the Conservative People's Party (PP) and the citizens (C & # 39; s, Liberal) they are constantly asking for an extension of the modification period.

The socialist proposal envisages the "end of life anticipated in order to avoid prolonging the suffering" of people with a serious and incurable illness or a chronic disability causing great suffering.

Last February two families who suffered from this situation delivered 280,000 to Congress signatures in favor of the legal regulation of euthanasia.

Every day of blockade "adds another day of suffering", said the son of one of the patients, died naturally several days later.

What is regulated in several Spanish regions is the right to death with dignity, which allows patients to refuse treatment that artificially prolongs their lives.