> And even if euthanasia is just that – and Twitter is very proud to toot its horn as the sensitive and sensible, woke platform that clamps down on promotion and encouragement of self-harm, including its ultimate form, suicide – the tweet, even though it opposed it, got banned.
This is such an interesting topic, because while euthanasia can be considered a way of suicide, advocating against it can also be considered advocating for painful suicide (since some patients will still suicide, just in a much worse way).
Note that the bar for euthanasia is incredibly difficult - and it should be - in most countries that allow it. A draft to make it legal was approved recently in my home country, Spain, and to apply it you need to do:
Prequisite: have a severe incurable illness.
1. Day 0. First written application.
2. Day 2. Doctor discusses with patient the diagnosis, treatments and their results, and other kind of alternatives.
3. Day 15. Second written application.
4. Day 17. Same as 2, Doctor discusses with patient the diagnosis, treatments and their results, and other kind of alternatives.
5. Day 17. Ask if the patient wants to follow up.
6. Day 27. Doctor consults with a different kind of doctor to approve situation.
7. Day 30. The president of "guarantee and evaluation" of the "state" has to be made aware of this.
8. Day 32. The president designates a doctor and lawyer to verify everything is okay.
9. Day 39. These new doctor + layer present their report.
10. Day 39. The patient signs and chooses modality of death (they can self-administer the substance or have it administer by a nurse).
Note: days here point some times the shortest possible dates, e.g. Day 15 is actually "from 15 days since Day 0" and some times to the longest available "up to 2 days since Day 0".