The Assisted-Suicide Movement's Troubling Premise: Why 'Avoiding Burden' Shouldn't Drive End-of-Life Choices
As jurisdictions expand legal pathways for medical assistance in dying, the ethical foundation matters: whether individuals feel genuinely free to choose, or pressured by an implicit cultural message that their continued existence costs others too much.
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