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People here are talking about this as if it’s the suicide booth from Futurama. It’s not. The overwhelming majority of cases are extensions of palliative care m

• StanislavPetrov 4y ago
  >The overwhelming majority of cases are extensions of palliative care made by people of sound mind. That's the case now, and I fully support the right of someone who is suffering or otherwise debilitated due to age, disease or injury to end their life with the full support of the medical establishment. What will the outcome be if the law is expanded? Will people who might otherwise survive and live long, healthy and productive lives opt for euthanasia if the course of treatment means huge medical bills that will forever immiserate them and their families? It is one thing to support giving people control over their own lives and their own suffering, and another to create all sorts of financial incentives, for patients, insurers, hospitals and doctors to consider euthanasia as an alternative to treatment.