> Healthcare professionals are people, too.

Yep. Strong agreement there.

> A human is not a pet.

Outside of some fairly fringe consensual relationships, I agree that humans are not pets.

> Did you even read my comment?

I did. I was giving you the benefit of the doubt.

Well, the consequences of your stated philosophy are pretty thoroughly explored in this article: <https://theonion.com/no-one-should>.

Instead of posting snarky, low-effort comments you should spend some time learning the basics of medical ethics. This is not a religious issue. Medically assisted suicide for a terminal patient is one thing, but directly killing a patient with severe dementia who is mentally unable to give informed consent is quite another. This would put healthcare providers in an impossible situation. There are good reasons why no civilized country allows this.

Sure, I'll follow those goalposts as they walk down the field.

At the time it becomes relevant, a person with a DNR is usually (always?) in no state to give informed consent to being killed by their doctor's inaction. Same thing for someone in a irrecoverable coma who's being kept alive by machines when a family member or friend instructs the doctor to pull the plug on them.

Relatedly, angels of mercy have been releasing suffering folks who are at the end of their life from that suffering for ages.

You might find these things unpalatable, but they do happen, will continue to happen, and we're better off because they do happen.

I sincerely hope that through to the end of your life you remain lucid and able to clearly and convincingly express your preferences. I very much hope that you're not locked in a metaphorical hell of suffering, but unable to express to (let alone convince) anyone that you're ready to end it early.

Stop lying, I haven't moved any goalposts. In medical ethics there is a clear line between withholding care versus actively killing someone who is unable to give informed consent to the procedure.

You absolutely have moved them (and also refuse to talk about pre-registered requests to die (of which, the request that kicked off this subthread totally qualifies)). You started by saying

> I hope we have the compassion as individuals not to ask others to kill us. That's a heavy weight to put on someone else. It's not abstract "society" conducting the euthanasia: individual healthcare providers would have to decide that you met the criteria and then administer the drugs.

(while ignoring that asking a doctor or nurse to kill you is also asking another to kill us) and now you've moved to talking about specific situations that can be tricky, depending on the particulars.