I would expect the standards to be high while the practice is new and very controversial and the cases are few… and then gradually the process gets more streamlined.
Protests against assisted suicide are easy to coordinate; protests again removing 1% of the bureaucracy around it are not.
Do we really need 7 witnesses, or is 6 enough? It is okay if the doctor performing the suicide is also one of the witnesses? And his assistant is another one? How clearly must the person speak on the video? What if they can’t speak at all, is it fair to deny someone the “basic human right” of assisted suicide just because their ability to speak is impaired? What if taking someone to the next room would be logistically too difficult, e.g. because they are connected to some kind of life support? … Twenty years later, the doctor checks a box saying “the assisted suicide was done according to the law” on the form, signs it, and that’s it.
I would expect the standards to be high while the practice is new and very controversial and the cases are few… and then gradually the process gets more streamlined.
Protests against assisted suicide are easy to coordinate; protests again removing 1% of the bureaucracy around it are not.
Do we really need 7 witnesses, or is 6 enough? It is okay if the doctor performing the suicide is also one of the witnesses? And his assistant is another one? How clearly must the person speak on the video? What if they can’t speak at all, is it fair to deny someone the “basic human right” of assisted suicide just because their ability to speak is impaired? What if taking someone to the next room would be logistically too difficult, e.g. because they are connected to some kind of life support? … Twenty years later, the doctor checks a box saying “the assisted suicide was done according to the law” on the form, signs it, and that’s it.