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Euthanasia is not suicide. The decision to end a life under most euthanasia or assisted suicide legislatures involve third party medical professionals and psych
by mariusor 2y ago
Euthanasia is not suicide. The decision to end a life under most euthanasia or assisted suicide legislatures involve third party medical professionals and psychologists that ascertain the capability of the person to make the decision to end their life and the necessity of that fact in balance with their suffering. Suicide happens outside of society and one's immediate support group (family, friends, etc). Euthanasia is not that at all, family, friends even if possibly not at peace, at least they're forewarned and can intellectually understand there's a "why" of a person's need to die.
I think it's very reductive and naive to equate the two. To deny a person's ability to end their life with dignity is, in my opinion, very inhumane.
- blueflow 2y agoIts a matter of opinion where you draw the line between suicide or euthanasia. This implies that no one here has the high ground in calling the others idea of it "reductive" or "naive".