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Yeah, opt-out is quite common nowadays - Spain, Portugal, Croatia, Belgium, Austria, Colombia, Chile, etc. I think in some cases the family must still be consulted.

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People in persistent vegetative states or even comas are likely to become rarer in such countries, I'd suspect.

Well, it's been 25 years since the system was implemented in Portugal, and they've only increased.

Is that supposed to be a bad thing? If I were in such a state with no hope of recovery, I’d want to die ASAP.

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