Discussion If the right to die were ever granted for everyone, what would the process look like?

[MeltedJello]

I'm pretty stupid, so I'd like to know your thoughts on how governments would realistically implement this right. Limitations? Requirements? Maybe I'm asking a question that doesn't make any sense or is useless so please correct me or something.

I know a right like this would never be granted anytime soon, but if it were, I think multiple papers of consent over a course of a year would be needed in case anyone reconsiders their choice before allowing a painless free death in any hospital.

 

[Arsenal14]

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[stilldreaming]

There's a documentary about this on youtube, or there was about how this looks in hm was it the Netherlands or Belgium? Hm I think there's one about each actually, and the maybe it was the Dutch one where they looked at one young lady's decision to die (she was so calm and nonchalant about it before dying, her sister-in-law was crying but when asked how she was, she was just meh...not happy / sad / excited).

Anyway, she completed all the doctors' suggested treatments, did exactly as prescribed for how long it was recommended. I think three doctors had to sign off on her decision. This seems imminently reasonable to me (perhaps they mentioned / I read in an article you need to do treatment for at least five years?).

I could dig this so much. There should be a limit to how much suffering, how much pain and anxiety and depression, we have to suffer for others' sakes. Five years of treatment, do everything they want, three doctors to approve - gosh I'd be painlessly gone already.

As much as we've all longed for those futurama booths, I can concede that for the sake of societal fabric, suicide shouldn't be so casual. This seems like an excellent balance, especially if suicide/self-determination gets de-stigmatized. Then you can talk to your family, let them get used to the idea, heck refer them to counseling because they can't accept your decision. Sounds like such an empathetic society :)