This was a famous case of a person who did not wish to die, but thought it would be preferable to becoming homeless

Oh, damn, when capitalism gone so shit that death is preferable at this point. Bro, that's sad as hell.

Same here. I believe that since no one can consent to being born, it makes sense that people are allowed to go out on their own terms, and I think in a socialist society, euthanasia should be enshrined in law. I think it's selfish to force someone to live just because you would be sad if they died.

But I of course don't want that to be a popular option, and I think a combination of therapy, medication, changing material conditions, interventions by loved ones, and every other accommodation should be made to dissuade people from taking their own life, and of course people who have dependents should have a responsibility to take care of them or have someone else take over their role from them before they off themselves.

I'd also argue that in a socialist and full communist society, the suicide rate would be almost zero anyway.

My grandfather took the option a while back when nit was pretty new and the eugenics angle hadn't become entangled. He was dying of COPD and chose to cut things off on his own terms surrounded by family instead of letting himself degrade for maybe years and putting my grandmother through all that. That was the situation this was advertised as when it was under debate for legislation and then a couple years later, really a very short period of time all of this awful shit that was not at all part of the deal suddenly came with it.