Health

Should people be allowed to refuse life-saving treatment?

For

Everyone has the right to control their own body and choices.

Against

Life should be protected even when people lose hope.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • If a person has the legal right to refuse treatment, then interfering with that decision could be seen as violating their bodily autonomy.
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  • Seriously, i would pick death over life as a paraplegic.
    RedditOriginal language: English

Against

  • The end of life ends all rights (including autonomy), immediately, permanently, and without recourse.
    RedditOriginal language: English
  • a governing body must do everything they can to support and encourage life.
    RedditOriginal language: English
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