It's kinda hard to prosecute the dead.
I think suicide is a basic right. I think it doesn't matter whether you can do it yourself, or have to leave instructions for a friend to help you out in an emergency. I think any of us ought to have access to the drugs necessary for us or our friends to do the job instantly and painlessly.
So when Police see someone on the edge of the Golden Gate Bridge, should they leave them? Or haul them off to an official suicide facility?
The problem with helping people kill themselves unrestricted, is murder being passed off as suicide.
Well, they ought to make sure they aren't gonna land on anyone below, or obstruct traffic, but other than that, leave them alone
The problem with helping people kill themselves unrestricted, is murder being passed off as suicide.
I have no problem with the local authorities monitoring the situation to prevent abuses, as long as it isn't an excuse for regulation or restriction.
The reason for having the drugs made available to the individual or their designated friend is to avoid having Doctors killing their patients.
The body and then the papers are gonna end up at the Medical Examiner's Office and eventually in Probate Court. Plenty of time then to sniff out any murderers after the fact.
We deal with other murderers after the fact, why not any that happen this way.
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