People struggling with mental illness. Does it. I can't hear you say this sends a mixed message to people struggling with. Mental illness, does it? How so? People are contemplating The state allowing it to happen? No, I reject the notion of that because these are people with medical illnesses that a doctor says, you know, you have a disease. and diseases are defined and the elements of the disease, the symptoms of disease are obvious. So there is that kind of checklist. It has to be a terminal illness. (1:04:34–1:04:46)
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Asserts that the state does not allow [assisted suicide] for mental illness, only for terminal medical illnesses diagnosed by a doctor.
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