I think that we're a long ways from installing suicide booths on street corners for people to end their lives in a quick and painless or slow and painful method.
I would think that if someone wanted to end their lives due to disease that it would have to pass a major set of criteria over seen by panel at each hospital in the country.
I would also have to think that the panel would have to debate among other things
Prognosis of the disease
Quality of life and suffering
Possibility of cure
mental state of the patient (How do we figure that one out on whether someone can decide of to die or not and where's the breaking point on that)
responsibiliy handoff (If a person is not in a proper mental or physical state who can make the decision? A doctor? a family member?)
Allowances for mistakes and misdiagnosis
Impact on estate
Impact on inurance
Etc
Does this suddenly become a hugely expensive department in the government, the ministry of death and euthanasia (Yes ma'am, I work for MODE flashes a badge, and your time has come)
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