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    Supports→The harm suicide causes to family members and loved ones does not support an absolute prohibition on suicide

    If third-party grief were sufficient to prohibit an act absolutely, it would also prohibit countless other autonomous choices that cause relational pain, producing an implausibly expansive constraint on liberty.

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    Autonomous choices(The kind of choices the statement says children should be able to make in the future)
    Decisions that a person makes freely on their own, based on their own thinking rather than being forced or controlled by others.
    Constraint on liberty(as used in ethics and political philosophy)
    A limit or restriction on a person's freedom to do what they want.
    Implausibly expansive constraint on liberty(as used in ethics and political philosophy)
    A rule or limitation on people's freedom that seems unreasonably broad and would restrict way too many normal choices people should be allowed to make.
    Prohibit absolutely(as used in ethics and law)
    To completely ban or forbid something with no exceptions allowed.
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    Emotional hurt that occurs in relationships or connections between people, like the sadness someone feels when a loved one makes a choice that affects them.
    Third-party grief(as used in ethics)
    Sadness or emotional pain experienced by someone who is not directly involved in a situation but is affected by someone else's choices or actions.

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