the current regulatory regime, and without the economic means to travel to Switzerland, are resorting to suicide (sometimes through potentially risky routes) to end their suffering. There is clear data on this: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/suicidesamongpeoplediagnosedwithseverehealthconditionsengland/2017to2020). At the moment, a dignified death is only for the few.
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A lot of disability groups are militating against AD and euthanasia, and I think we should listen to them.
OTOH, I completely agree that the current situation is not satisfactory.
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(And BTW "social pressure" ≠ "coercion").
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And it may be only anecdotal evidence, but there have been documented instances in Canada of such tendencies.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/17/canada-nonterminal-maid-assisted-death
They object at killing people, but they have no problem letting them live in squalor.
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