But by their parents choosing to give birth to them, they aren't given a choice as to whether they want to live or not. They're being told they WILL live.
And certainly, when they're born to abusive, murderous parents, they're not given an educated choice as to whether they want to die early in pregnancy before they can suffer or be born, suffer and then die early in life. When they're born to parents who didn't take care of themselves while pregnant, they don't have a choice about being born as drug addicts, HIV positive, or with birth defects, some so severe that they'll cause death anyway.
And from a position of someone who knows - young adults can't always choose to end their lives either on their own terms. I was stopped - and my intent has always been and will always be that *I* will choose the time, place and means, not illness or old age.
Even adults get told they WILL live. There's no choice there.
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And certainly, when they're born to abusive, murderous parents, they're not given an educated choice as to whether they want to die early in pregnancy before they can suffer or be born, suffer and then die early in life. When they're born to parents who didn't take care of themselves while pregnant, they don't have a choice about being born as drug addicts, HIV positive, or with birth defects, some so severe that they'll cause death anyway.
And from a position of someone who knows - young adults can't always choose to end their lives either on their own terms. I was stopped - and my intent has always been and will always be that *I* will choose the time, place and means, not illness or old age.
Even adults get told they WILL live. There's no choice there.