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Re:Canada euthanasia now accounts for nearly one in 20 deaths by addicted on Friday December 13, 2024 @12:01AM (#42406043)
The entire reason why the mental illness discussion is complicated is because with mental illness it’s not clear it is a choice.

And this isn’t even something made up for the particular case of assisted suicide. The idea that someone with mental illness cannot make legitimate choice has been around in the legal system for a while, with mental illness leading to reduced sentences, and even being the basis of acquittal in many situations.

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Re:Canada euthanasia now accounts for nearly one in 20 deaths by tpm on Friday December 13, 2024 @03:38AM (#42406923)
> The idea that someone with mental illness cannot make legitimate choice has been around in the legal system for a while

There is mental illness and then there is competence, they are related but not the same. Complicating things further in this case would be things like reactive mental states (grieving etc) which might for a time manifest like mental illness but tend to be not diagnosed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competence_(law)

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Re:Canada euthanasia now accounts for nearly one in 20 deaths by llamaLord on Friday December 13, 2024 @01:38PM (#42411102)
Thank you! This is EXACTLY the issue I've been failing to articulate.
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