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> that it should be for nature, or God, to decide It's not about nature deciding, is it? Or are you against vaccines, heart bypass surgery, doctor-assisted bir
by etripe 6y ago
> that it should be for nature, or God, to decide
It's not about nature deciding, is it? Or are you against vaccines, heart bypass surgery, doctor-assisted births and in vitro fertilisation, too?
> and we don't usually get to decide when and how it's going to happen to us.
Whether or not we usually get to decide doesn't matter. What matters is whether we get to decide.
Would you politically strive to keep it illegal? If so, do you not consider that an illiberal stance, since you'd effectively be robbing people of their right to self-determination? I mean, if you're against it, the solution is simple: don't request assisted suicide - just as one might not cross-dress, smoke weed, vote or marry someone belonging to the same sex.