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by aceofspades19 298 days ago
Well its impossible for us to know her state of mind, anything would be speculation.

Yes, it could have happened at the hospital but do you think they have people sitting around waiting to do medical assessments and be witnesses just so they can push MAID onto people? At most hospitals the doctors and medical staff are extremely busy.

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>Well its impossible for us to know her state of mind, anything would be speculation

Which is ironically a pretty strong argument for why euthanasia shouldn't be legal

I'm not sure how that follows. It's impossible to know anyone's state of mind once they are dead, that doesn't mean they should be required to suffer until a terminal illness causes their death.