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| If someone claims his life has lost value and isn’t worth living anymore…
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… then can anyone’s life lose value simply by one’s own choosing?
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| If someone says her dignity is diminished because she can no longer perform certain activities…
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… then does everyone lose dignity when they lose the ability to perform those same activities?
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| If suicide is an irrational and tragic act…
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… then why is physician-assisted suicide a healthy reaction to suffering?
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| If guardrails are touted by physician-assisted suicide advocates as guarantors of safety…
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… then why do they consistently try to remove these guardrails?
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| If physician-assisted suicide is a reasonable approach to the fear of being a burden to our loved ones at the end of life…
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… then is it reasonable for us to kill ourselves whenever we’re a burden to our loved ones?
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| If healthcare organizations put profits over people with the opioid crisis, child transgender surgeries, and the smoking epidemic…
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… then why should we trust them to put people over profits when it is exponentially cheaper to offer patients physician-assisted suicide than care for them?
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| If doctors make treatment recommendations based on their own judgements and biases…
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… then couldn’t they offer you poison if they think it’s best for you?
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| If depression and anxiety make people prone to suicidal ideation and self-harm…
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… then isn’t depression a prime reason someone would choose physician-assisted suicide?
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| If depression is a common occurrence after receiving a terminal diagnosis…
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… then shouldn’t we put more emphasis on psychiatric treatment when patients receive a terminal diagnosis, instead of physician-assisted suicide?
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| If doctors occasionally misdiagnose life expectancy…
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… then isn’t it risky to rely primarily on life expectancy diagnoses to determine eligibility for physician-assisted suicide?
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| If the main reason for physician-assisted suicide legislation is to offer the terminally ill an escape from suffering…
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… then why is unbearable suffering never a top reason provided by patients for choosing physician-assisted suicide?
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| If the main reason behind physician-assisted suicide is to relieve suffering…
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… then what’s the harm in legalizing euthanasia as well?
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| If death is generally seen as a bad thing, and if most patients’ complaints at the end of life are related to poor pain management and care…
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… then shouldn’t we try to fix palliative and hospice care first before normalizing people killing themselves prematurely?
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| If helping someone commit suicide is widely seen as immoral and illegal…
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… then why is it okay if it’s done by a doctor?
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| If euthanasia is illegal due to concerns over coercion and patient consent…
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… then why is physician-assisted suicide legal given the strong possibilities of coercion regarding patient consent?
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| If murder and euthanasia are both the intentional killing of another person…
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… then how is euthanasia any different from murder?
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