There is a level of comfort and calm that would come to a lot of people if they knew they could willingly, legally and ethically decide when their life could be ended. The right to make choices to end suffering or burden to others should be considered the right to self-determinate under the law. Preserving life without preserving quality of life is man made and legally enforced suffering. No human or system should be empowered to extend suffering for a cognitively intact and emotionally aware human; doing so is selfish and externally imposed abuse.
I would find immense comfort knowing I could end my life on my terms when I decide I want my suffering to cease. I have identified a reasonable target age of 80.
We talk about rights coming from god. As a society we restrict rights in favor of suffering. If we are guaranteed inalienable rights and freedoms to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, how are we not entitled to the inalienable right and freedom to have the liberty to definitively end our own life in pursuit of happiness? Are we not entitled through god given liberty to end our own suffering?
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