Something I consider related to euthanasia, but distinct from it, is the right to cryo-preservation before natural death. Currently, cryonics is simply viewed a

Something I consider related to euthanasia, but distinct from it, is the right to cryo-preservation before natural death. Currently, cryonics is simply viewed as death causing, with no recognised therapeutic worth, so can only begin after legal death. The ability to resuscitate or reconstruct the mind of a preserved person seems highly dependent on the level of age or disease related degradation. Being able to carry out a cryo-preserving procedure promptly also improves the plausibility of resuscitation. With regard to neuro-degenerative disease, waiting until a person's death may mean that the person's mind is permanently lost, or not faithfully reconstructable.