"And this reasoning is even more radical than in the Netherlands and Belgium, where euthanasia has been legal since 2001 and 2002 respectively. As one observer
summarised it, in Germany now "everyone has the right to suicide, regardless of age and illness." Its highest court has not only decriminalised assised suicide; it has described suicide as a fundamental human right."
"We are not talking here about suicide as a last resort for unbearable pain. If that were the case, better palliative care would be the answer. But the court says that palliative care does not make suicide unnecessary because suicide is a right. "The right to a self-determined death is not limited to situations defined by external causes like serious or incurable illnesses, nor does it only apply in certain stages of life or illness. Rather, this right is guaranteed in all stages of a person's existence.""
Holy crap. This is huge.