You do not need to have a fatal or terminal condition to be eligible for medical assistance in dying.
Meanwhile... A portal in the past becomes visible.
As we peer & lurk into the past.
It's London, England.
We see the following scene unfold.
Upon hearing that some people would rather die than face the unspeakable conditions of a workhouse, Scrooge retorts that they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.
... Greetings and Felicitations!, Hip hip hoorah. Tallyho!
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