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Originally Posted by Nyah
I might be in the minority here, but I think that everyone should have the 'right' to commit suicide if they feel it is their only option, regardless of whether there is anything clinically wrong with them.
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Well, everybody has a right to commit suicide. That's not what's at issue.
When you say someone has a right to die in the absence of something being clinically wrong, you seem to be implying that a doctor should have the ability to kill a patient (with their permission) if that patient is unhappy.
Euthanasia is not just about patients, it's about doctors too. You can't ask a doctor to kill an unhappy, but healthy patient. The doctor then has to live with the fact he killed a healthy person. Having "permission" is nowhere near good enough.
The first realization people have to make in this debate is that it's much more complicated than everyone realizes. This debate is arguably even more complex than abortion, though perhaps less controversial.