For the last year and a half I've been traveling to countries around the world to talk to people about assisted dying and the ways that different societies find ethical comfort with the practice. The first story in that series published today https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/health/assisted-death-alzheimers-netherlands.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xU4.zruf.gNOEsXX7pevE&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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"... the woman awoke and resisted."
Restisting suggests agency, right?
But during the court case, the expert witness (anesthesist) explained that this was a body reflex, not a deliberate, conscious action by the patient.
The Supreme Court followed this interpretation of events.
https://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/details?id=ECLI:NL:HR:2020:712&showbutton=true&keyword=Euthanasie%20dementie