There's a difference from doing everything you can do, and knowing that's all that you can do, letting God be in charge of what happens next; as opposed to being irresponsible and doing nothing, even though you can.

Regarding willful ignorance. I see this across to many populations and demographics it seems to be throughout society instead of in just one population or another. However I think another accurate discription instead of willful ignorance, is arrogant disagreement. For instance consider these examples of being willfully ignorant even when the information is presented plainly to a person. It's not ignorance if you hear the information and reject it.

•Those who deny global warming, could be considered willfully ignorant, or that they reject it as a scam and don't believe it.
•Those that argue that abortion is ok by saying that no one knows when life starts, or that the baby in the womb feels no pain. When pointed out that this is false they ignore it. They just don't believe it or don't care.
•Those that deny that homosexuality is natural ignore and disagree with the information provided that experts say it is; just like those that deny homosexuality is unhealthy ignore and disagree with the information that says that it is.
•Then there's the Covid virus. There's a wealth of information to push the fears of the virus, then there is also those who think the whole thing is blow out of proportion. It's not a Christian thing because I hear that view to not take it seriously from nonChristians too. Nor is it even the majority of Christians that hold the view.

Coming late, I enjoyed reading all the thoughtful comments.

I agree with the author that VAD should not be for medical doctors, who must follow the Hippocratic oath and neither make such decisions nor execute them. If VAD is to be practiced, then such difficult decisions and executions should be left for others, perhaps a separate occupation.

I agree with Not_Now.Soon that one must first do what they can, only then leave the rest to God.

I agree with Armchair Critic on differentiating between God's will and man's will.

Retrospectively we can tell that whatever happened was God's will, but can we claim that God's-will will always be the same in similar circumstances? No, even because circumstances will never be EXACTLY the same.

God's will is holy and will always be done, but assuming that we can find out His will from a book such as the bible, is mistaken. The 10 commandments are not universal standards, only a general good advice for the people of Israel. Otherwise, how come this same bible, despite instructing "thou shalt not murder", condemns and decrowns King Saul for failing to kill Agag, the Amalekite king?

Finally, the whole question of "assisted death" and the concept of "sanctity of life" are turned on their head once we learn that killing/murder is not truly possible since it is only the physical body which dies - the soul remains and nothing whatsoever can kill it:

"Weapons cannot shred the soul, nor can fire burn it. Water cannot wet it, nor can the wind dry it. The soul is unbreakable and incombustible; it can neither be dampened nor dried. It is everlasting, in all places, unalterable, immutable, and primordial." [Bhagavad-Gita 2:23-24]

My condolences, Spencer, in your grief over your mother passing away and leaving her mortal body.