This would be an excellent thing to be able to do, especially if you were slowly dying of something painful or something brain-erasing like Alzheimer’s. Unfortunately American society likely does not allow people the right to do this currently.
They are much liberal on those issues in the Netherlands. They allow euthanasia for people terminally ill. But I don’t know if it goes as far as allowing cryonics.
Euthanasia by cryonics, or euthanasia in general? I’m pretty certain that euthanasia isn’t illegal in parts of the US, and if you’re careful you can make it count as suicide.
If people started having themselves euthanized by cryonics I’m pretty sure there would be efforts to outlaw this even in states where euthanasia is legal. They would be “concerned” about a Cryonics company selling this “solution” to people who are healthier than would normally opt for the straight-up death kind of suicide.
A very good question. It could be that specific “humane” methods are mandated, or there might be specific criteria as to circumstance which might proscribe applying it to some situations that might warrant it (perhaps there are requirements of significant, imminent threat that early or middle stages of a degenerative cognitive ailment fail to meet, while one might prefer to be preserved while still more functional depending just how one judges the odds).
I am not sure what the actual legal landscape looks like.
This would be an excellent thing to be able to do, especially if you were slowly dying of something painful or something brain-erasing like Alzheimer’s. Unfortunately American society likely does not allow people the right to do this currently.
Does anyone know how US-centric this is, or whether it also applies in places with more liberal views on euthanasia?
I think this can be extended at least to Germany and probably also to more European countries.
They are much liberal on those issues in the Netherlands. They allow euthanasia for people terminally ill. But I don’t know if it goes as far as allowing cryonics.
Euthanasia by cryonics, or euthanasia in general? I’m pretty certain that euthanasia isn’t illegal in parts of the US, and if you’re careful you can make it count as suicide.
If people started having themselves euthanized by cryonics I’m pretty sure there would be efforts to outlaw this even in states where euthanasia is legal. They would be “concerned” about a Cryonics company selling this “solution” to people who are healthier than would normally opt for the straight-up death kind of suicide.
By cryonics, I understood.
So, why would specific methods of euthanasia be illegal?
A very good question. It could be that specific “humane” methods are mandated, or there might be specific criteria as to circumstance which might proscribe applying it to some situations that might warrant it (perhaps there are requirements of significant, imminent threat that early or middle stages of a degenerative cognitive ailment fail to meet, while one might prefer to be preserved while still more functional depending just how one judges the odds).
I am not sure what the actual legal landscape looks like.