MSPs on Holyrood’s health committee have backed an amendment to raise the lower threshold from 16.

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            It will eventually be about killing people who are too expensive to treat. Eg, Euthanasia for Mental Health issues or Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.

            It’s already happened with abortion. Unborn babies are labelled “undesirables” and “not human” and can be murdered

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              You are the only one labelling them undesirable. No one is forcing it, consent is required.

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                With assisted suicide, there are instances where it’ll be their only option [1][2]

                In cases of abortion - the foetus cannot consent.

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                    It is a tool to be a “cheaper alternative” to actual healthcare. Abortion is similar. A tool as an alternative to offer affordable housing, education, childcare, etc. these are all framed as “liberation” but it’s just so the billionaires can keep their precious money

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          Ok but in this case it’s getting slightly less accessible, which should be good if you don’t like it

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              It’s immoral to allow someone who could be suffering excruciating pain every day, and with no means to resolve it to choose how to end their life with some level of dignity and by their own free will?