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Many terminally ill children will be classified as vulnerable under existing laws. If they have an education, health and care plan, as is highly likely for a child with a terminal illness, or if they are in continuous care, as is the case for many severely disabled children, they receive statutory protections to age 25. In effect, one part of the state would be responsible for safeguarding and protecting the child while another would simultaneously be responsible for providing death on demand. This level of incoherence will tie public services in extraordinary knots and only lawyers will benefit. There has to be some alignment.