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A complete suite of policy briefs, draft legislation, and implementation tools.

Executive Summaries

Quick Reference · Executive Summary
One-Pager
Capacity-Based MAiD Reform at a Glance

A concise, single-page summary of the policy problem, the proposed capacity standard, the four structural commitments, and the contact information for legislative engagement. Designed for rapid briefing.

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Policy Suite

Six professional briefs, each complete in itself and addressed to a specific audience.

Complete Reference · All Audiences
Master Policy Packet
Autonomy, Capacity, and the Right to Exit

The authoritative reference. Develops the full sovereignty model, the two-stage capacity assessment protocol, responses to systematic objections, the structural accountability mechanism, and complete fiscal impact analysis.

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Law · Legislative Counsel
The Legal Basis for Capacity-Based Access

Establishes constitutional foundations: the Constitutional Pincer (state monopoly on pharmacological exit), the Informed Refusal Doctrine, and the Bureaucratic Stress Test for capacity assessment.

Elected Officials · Legislative Staff
Legislative Brief
A Brief on Capacity-Based MAiD

Written for elected officials. Presents the policy problem in plain language, the proposed capacity standard, jurisdictional reviews, procedural safeguards, and fiscal/political framing.

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Disability Rights · Ethicists
Advocacy Brief
Across the Disagreement

Addresses the strongest protectionist arguments in their most rigorous form, proposing the structural accountability mechanism as genuine common ground between reform and protection.

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Philosophy · Bioethics
Academic Paper
Decisional Capacity as Criterion

Develops the full philosophical argument with citation apparatus: the deficiencies of the protectionist model, the sovereignty model, and systematic responses to philosophical objections.

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Physicians · Psychiatrists
Clinical Brief
A Clinical and Medical Ethics Brief

Addresses the clinical incoherence of suffering-based criteria, the capacity assessment protocol from a clinical standpoint, and liability considerations under the proposed framework.

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Legislation & Tooling

Draft statutory language and practical reporting tools for immediate legislative consideration.

Legislative Counsel · Lawmakers
Model Bill
The Capacity-Based MAiD Act

Ready-to-draft statutory language implementing the capacity standard, the two-stage assessment protocol, and the structural accountability mechanism. Includes versions tailored to US and Canadian legal structures.

Regulatory Compliance · Data Collection
Model Reporting Form
Socioeconomic Driver Reporting Form

The mandatory reporting form required under the structural accountability mechanism. Designed to capture the socioeconomic drivers — housing, finance, care access — for political accountability.

The Personal Perspective

Companion Essay · Personal
Autonomy's Exit
Why I Support the Right to Choose Death

A personal essay providing the autobiographical foundation for the policy arguments. Proceeds from the author's psychiatric history to a political position on bodily sovereignty. Best read after the policy documents.

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Selected Bibliography

Primary sources and legal precedents informing the framework.

How to Cite These Documents

Each document in this packet may be cited individually by its full title and author. For the packet as a whole:

Suggested Citation

Bogner, Justin. Autonomy, Capacity, and the Right to Exit: A Policy Packet on Capacity-Based Medical Aid in Dying. 2026.

Academic and policy use of these documents is permitted with attribution. Please cite the specific document (e.g., Legislative Brief, Academic Paper) rather than the packet as a whole when referencing arguments specific to one audience document.