Re:James Harrison, whose blood donations saved >2M babies, h...
by quesera on Monday March 03, 2025 @05:05PM
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I'd sign up for it.
On the list of "best options" for my vegetative body, this would rate fairly highly.
But yeah, like assisted suicide, there are people with non-aligned motives who could be incentivized to coerce a decision from weak/befuddled/old patients.
There are many decisions I'd like to make now, while of sound mind and body, that I would like to be respected when I am no longer able to make decisions for myself. The state allows some of them, but not all.
On the list of "best options" for my vegetative body, this would rate fairly highly.
But yeah, like assisted suicide, there are people with non-aligned motives who could be incentivized to coerce a decision from weak/befuddled/old patients.
There are many decisions I'd like to make now, while of sound mind and body, that I would like to be respected when I am no longer able to make decisions for myself. The state allows some of them, but not all.