History Main / WeWillHaveEuthanasiaInTheFuture

[[AWorldwidePunomenon Though there are plenty of youth in Asia already.]]

* Happens in a short story in KurtVonnegut's "Welcome to the Monkey House". There it's encouraged by the government in order to bring down the human population to manageable levels. (And those who administer the drug are [[MissFanservice voluptuous babes who dress]] in [[VaporWear transparent clothing]] so that sex becomes as unappealing as possible.)

* One of the many signs of decadence of the great city in {{Barbarella}} is a nightclub-like place offering "unique and interesting eays to die."

* Happens in a short story in Kurt Vonnegut's "Welcome to the Monkey House". There it's encouraged by the government in order to bring down the human population to manageable levels. (And those who administer the drug are [[MissFanservice voluptuous babes who dress]] in [[VaporWear transparent clothing]] so that sex becomes as unappealing as possible.)

* An email in ''DeusEx'' advertises a suicide clinic, offering its users ten thousand credits to his or her survivors should they visit.

* ''The Tripods''. In "The City of Gold and Lead" human slaves go to booths were they can be killed painlessly once they've become too worn out to serve their Masters. Given the high gravity of the city, this only takes a few years.

* TheCulture is basically a {{Utopia}} and has technology which can keep you alive and young forever, but there is kind of a thought that you should go peacefully at some point. This might entail dying of old age, but it can also be in the form of SeenItAllSuicide.

[[IncrediblyLamePun Though there are plenty of youth in Asia already.]]

* Appears in [[LogansRun ''Logan's Run'']].

* {{Freejack}}. An advertisement for Dial A Suicide can be seen at one stage.
* In ''Children Of The Corn'', any of the Children who turns 19 is obliged to walk out into the cornfield and be taken by He Who Walks Behind The Rows. A partial subversion, as they don't realize they're going to die [[spoiler: (or worse, in Isaac's case)]].

* An email in DeusEx advertises a suicide clinic, offering its users ten thousand credits to his or her survivors should they visit.

* ''TheGiver''. Everybody except the Receiver of Memories has then right to commit suicide whenever they want and euthanasia (which is called being "ReleasedToElsewhere") is practiced on the elderly, twins, and babies that don't develop correctly, as well as on people who choose to receive it. Consent is an issue in the latter case, though, since they don't know it's euthanasia rather than exile.

* Happens in a short story in Kurt Vonnegut's "Welcome to the Monkey House".

* Also appears in ''ChildrenOfMen'' in the form of a highly successful pharmaceutical campaign selling what are essentially suicide pills. [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic Parallels to antidepressants]] are [[{{Anvilicious}} not entirely subtle]]. Then again, it does lead to a Tearjerker moment [[spoiler:as MichaelCaine euthanizes his vegetative wife when he knows that he will be performing a HeroicSacrifice to cover the escape of the protagonists]].
** And here I thought he was just a pothead. Dang.
** This [[YourMileageMayVary may be]] partially justified, as the premise of the story is that the human race has lost the ability to reproduce and is most likely going to be extinct within 100 years.
** One dark touch is that an advertisement mentions they're offered free to illegal immigrants.

* ''TheGiver''. Everybody except the Receiver of Memories has then right to commit suicide whenever they want and euthanasia (which is called being "ReleasedToElsewhere") is practiced on the elderly, twins, and babies that don't develop correctly.
** And people who choose to receive it, although since they don't know it's euthanasia rather than exile, consent is an issue.

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* Appears in ''LogansRun''

* {{Freejack}}. An advertisment for Dial A Suicide can be seen at one stage.

* ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' In "A Taste of Armageddon" they're used in lieu of nuclear warfare; computers select those who have been 'killed' in each attack, and the victims report voluntarily to the suicide booths, thus sparing their civilisation the horrors of mass destruction. Things go well until Kirk and his crew are designated dead.

** And one where there was a kind of weird lottery. Someone would draw money from a machine (No limit was stated). Later, several people who drew money would be selected to "Make Way", and be given a huge amount of money, plenty for one last hurrah and to take care of their families. The more money you took, the greater your chance of being selected. (Not that the person who drew the most would be automaticly selected, it seemed to work more along the idea of having more tickets in a raffle). Of course one of the main characters are selected before they are aware of all the details...

** All other claims made here to more ridiculous laws are just that: ridiculous. Euthanasia laws are handled responsibly and cautiously in the Netherlands.

** And one where random drawings decided who would be killed to keep the population down.

* ''Freejack''. An advertisment for Dial A Suicide can be seen at one stage.

*** Switzerland, however, is rapidly becoming infamous for being a haven for suicide tourism, especially because of the company known as Dignitas.

* In the Netherlands euthanasia is legal in cases of terminal illness, disability, and mental illness as long as the individual can obtain the approval of three doctors and passes a psychological exam indicating that they are competent to understand the consequence of euthanasia. Babies and young children can also be euthanized at their parents request if they have a disease or disability.
* In the Netherlands doctors have ended patients lives without their explicit consent under a protocal termed, "Termination without Request or Consent."
** Are you sure? As far as I know, sometimes someone is dying slowly and painfully, yet not capable of giving consent anymore, and the docter has to refuse euthanasia because no consent can be given...

* An episode of Sliders had tehm travel into a world where kids had taken over, and it was illegal to live too long, as low as 50 in some states.