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Re:UK lawmakers vote in support of assisted dying by bondarchuk on Saturday November 30, 2024 @06:40AM (#42280996)
Some reasons you didn't list: fear of abuse; fear of sweeping other problems under the rug (e.g. loneliness, poverty, lack of elderly care homes); fear of slipperly slope (e.g. extending the program to non-terminal diseases, mental problems etc..); fear of social pressure.

It's not that long ago that people were dying in hospitals while their relatives were forbidden from seeing them, and by the way hospitals were under immense pressure to free up beds.

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Re:UK lawmakers vote in support of assisted dying by snakeyjake on Saturday November 30, 2024 @12:52PM (#42282944)
I understand.

Some people are full of fear about many things.

My only fears are disappointing my mother and Alzheimer’s.

I certainly do not fear an imperfect system.

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