Apatosaurus wrote:the patient has provided verifiable, revocable and informed consent to the procedure, including the method thereof, where the patient is fully aware of what they are consenting to, all significant consequences and any possible alternatives,
I would rephrase to make it clear this is a list: thus, "including the method thereof (where the patient is fully aware of what they are consenting to), all significant consequences, and any possible alternatives,"
Apatosaurus wrote:§ 1(c). the patient has an incurable medical condition, whether mental or physical, that directly causes permanent suffering or drastically and permanently reduces the patient's quality of life,
This is the penultimate element of a list. Include the word "and" at its end.
Apatosaurus wrote:Member nations must provide free assisted suicide services to patients. In areas where assisted suicide services are not locally accessible, member nations must arrange and pay for patients in those areas to travel to a clinic that provides assisted suicide services.
Perhaps consider a standard for locality, something akin to substantial burden either to health, quality of life, finances, time, etc? I'm concerned a nation may decide that something the size of Texas is "locally accessible".
Apatosaurus wrote:3. No member nation may discriminate against persons solely for recieving or seeking assisted suicide, being a heir of a recipient of assisted suicide, assisting in assisted suicide, or otherwise facilitating assisted suicide, including but not limited to:
- imposing higher taxes solely for recieving or seeking assisted suicide, being a heir of a recipient of assisted suicide, assisting in assisted suicide, or otherwise facilitating assisted suicide,
- prosecuting persons solely for recieving or seeking assisted suicide, being a heir of a recipient of assisted suicide, assisting in assisted suicide, or otherwise facilitating assisted suicide, including using these as aggravating factors when considering other crimes committed.
- failing to provide equal protection before the law to said persons, or
- implementing policies which are designed solely to restrict access to assisted suicide.
You can use "said persons" in subsections (a) and (b). I would also put after the long list of what persons are covered by this clause something marking that that list is what "said persons" refers to. Thus, insert after the list '("said persons")'.
The last line isn't a non-discrimination clause. It's bar on the type of laws that nations can create. I also would consider using
intermediate scrutiny for this instead of something like rational basis: a nation could claim that their law is not to restrict access, but merely to ensure that assisted suicides are conducted more safely or with some other justifications. That belongs in a separate section and doesn't belong in this list. Remember to move the "or" to the penultimate subsection after the final subsection is split into a new section.
Apatosaurus wrote:[*]No person, group of persons, or member nation may coerce a patient to seek assisted suicide.
Add on "undergo" or something akin to that.
Apatosaurus wrote:A medical professional that expresses a bona fide objection against performing assisted suicide may not be forced to perform assisted suicide, if and only if said professional refers their patients seeking assisted suicide to easily and readily accessible assisted suicide services.
I would also add the "public statement" requirement. People should be able to tell that the professional does not want to help in it before having to talk to them first. You can borrow language from the defeated "Conscientious objection to abortion" proposal for that.