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As Gov. Kathy Hochul weighs whether to sign the Medical Aid in Dying Act into law, more experienced jurisdictions can teach us something.

The Belgians and the Dutch allow euthanasia for terminally ill children, for people with mental illness, and for those with dementia. Euthanasia for those who feel they have “completed life” is recurrently proposed in the Dutch national legislature. Canada allows euthanasia for non-terminal illness and dementia, and plans to offer it........

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