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Here's the thing with Dame Esther Rantzen's campaign for assisted dying. She was diagnosed in January 2023 with lung cancer. Now, if we had assisted dying, who can say that on one of her bad days, which I'm sure she has, she could have decided to end her pain and suffering. Yet, there she is, nearly two years later, saying: "I'm surprised as you are that I'm still alive." with assisted dying, there's a chance someone could convince two doctors when, in reality, there was still more time left to them.
@dick_turpin I guess you need a 'over a long period of time' - to stop a single bad day. And perhaps it's right that someone can make that choice as the bad days become much more common than the good ones.
@penguin42 @dick_turpin Some proposals include a 14 day cooling off period to try to address this concern.