Ko Wen-je, the founding chairman of the Taiwan People's Party, raised the issue of euthanasia again. Health and Welfare Minister Shih Chung-liang stated on the 26th that the government's policy direction is to allow patients to die peacefully, but euthanasia involves serious ethical and legal disputes and is regarded as "processed suicide." Society still needs more discussion, and there is currently no international consensus on this matter.
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Ko Wen-je, the founding chairman of the Taiwan People's Party, raised the issue of euthanasia again. Health and Welfare Minister Shih Chung-liang stated on the 26th that the government's policy direction is to allow patients to die peacefully, but euthanasia involves serious ethical and legal disputes and is regarded as "processed suicide." Society still needs more discussion, and there is currently no international consensus on this matter.