Safeguards may narrow the window for assisted suicide

Agreement: I Agree Body: Dear Editor, Blanc and colleagues identify a perceived narrowing window of opportunity among people pursuing assisted suicide in Switzerland. Participants feared losing decision-making capacity, the ability to self-administer lethal medication, or access after institutional admission. The authors interpret this mainly as urgency arising from illness progression. Their findings also raise a policy question: can safeguards intended to protect autonomy create pressure to di