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You keep conveniently skipping over the fact that these people are requesting it. Two different physicians need to give their assent before MAID can proceed.

You are being dishonest. I'm not going to engage with you further.

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Requesting what? To be killed. Sorry if this is hard to admit but that's just it. I'm not trying to be inflammatory or edgy, just the plain definition of words is such that to actively cause someone to stop living is signified by the word "killing".

Let me guess, you’re American, right?

I'm Dutch. In case it matters, my opinion of our own relatively progressive euthanasia/end of life care system is quite positive.

Yes, they are asking for it. But ignoring the context around it is extremely disingenuous. When you request to die because of lack of adequate care (due to our shitty health system), it is very different than requesting it because of incurable, unbearable pain. You are also ignoring the incentives that it cause, and already handwaived the cases where it was shown that staff was suggesting MAID when it shouldn't have.

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