
When you’re a heartbeat from dying, the high-tech gizmo that keeps you alive may do so against your wishes.

Every U.S. state has laws against treating animals with cruelty. But only a handful permit Medical Aid in Dying to alleviate human suffering – and only in a small set of very limited circumstances.
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Throughout history, death of a loved one has been a family event, not a medical one. It still is in many countries, and could be again in the US.