StillAlive@piefed.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 days agoPeople with terminal illnesses/in their last days should be allowed to have any drugs they want.message-squaremessage-square78linkfedilinkarrow-up1426arrow-down19
arrow-up1417arrow-down1message-squarePeople with terminal illnesses/in their last days should be allowed to have any drugs they want.StillAlive@piefed.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 days agomessage-square78linkfedilink
minus-squarezeejoo@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days agoThe marketing department decided on “assisted suicide” because euthanasia is an icky word. Didn’t you get the memo?
minus-squareHM King Charles III DG FD@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoJust like how we have “abortions” instead of “fetus deletus”
minus-squarechunes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·4 days agoThey have distinct meanings. Euthanasia = someone else pushes the button. Assisted suicide = you push the button. Assisted suicide is legal in 12 states. Euthanasia is legal in 0.
The marketing department decided on “assisted suicide” because euthanasia is an icky word. Didn’t you get the memo?
Just like how we have “abortions” instead of “fetus deletus”
They have distinct meanings. Euthanasia = someone else pushes the button. Assisted suicide = you push the button. Assisted suicide is legal in 12 states. Euthanasia is legal in 0.