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Do you believe in excessively prolonging life artificially through medicine? Why or why not?

In terms of things like life support, radiation/chemotherapy for incurable cancer, or anything that is just setting the inevitable until a later time..

I'd like to think that I wouldn't want to have things like this done if I were in the situation, but I'd want as much time with my loved ones.
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It's part of what it means to be human. We've protected the sick and weak since the dawn of our species, sought to alleviate their conditions. It's just that now we have the tools to do it effectively.
What if they couldn't get better?
That's why we have assisted suicide laws in some jurisdictions.