“Who do you want to make these decisions? The government?”
No one should have the right and power to order the murder of an innocent citizen. The article isn’t talking about someone who has no brain function other than a brain stem: It’s talking about someone who is inconvenient! That could be YOU when you’re 80 years old and you’re living with your kids and you happen to shit your pants.
Someone has to pay for care, someone has to decide. The 80-year-old should have a will, if not, the closest relative decides.
We cannot place every old person in stasis until the power fails or eternity arrives. We are supposed to die sometime - not worship the almost dead.
All that medical care could be used in Africa where children are dying.