I am coming out on the side of the right to live with dignity which means that when all else stops working and medical advances or interventions will clearly not work then the individual suffering the pain and indignity should be allowed to chose to go with dignity and helped with this. This will of course be a very difficult decision to make and there must be exceptionally strong safeguards to ensure that the system is not abused or the person choosing to go isn't put under pressure to do so. But we must get over this obsession with making people suffer for years when there is clearly no hope for them and allow them and those close to them the right to be assisted without criminalising them.
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