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Personally, I'd be "ok" with it, if it wasn't such a slippery slope and if liberals and politicians could be trusted not to take it too far. Under capitalism, it's inevitable that it's going to be used as a solution for people who are seen as a "drain" on the system, and as an excuse to not provide accommodation and a higher standard of care.
It's always justified by pointing to an extreme case like a terminally ill elderly person living in constant physical pain but then in practice it's, "What do you mean doctors shouldn't tell depressed teenagers to kill themselves? Are you saying that mental suffering isn't real?" I'd rather it be banned entirely if that's the endgame these sociopaths are after.
I'm in the same boat, maybe because I'm in the U.S. I'm in favor of it on paper, but would feel really, really hesitant to ever support it in this country, because it would be like a month before they'd take off their masks and be using it to euthanize the homeless en masse.