GlowInTheDarkNinjas t1_jacgcnk wrote on February 28, 2023 at 1:09 PM

I'm all for it, as long as it doesn't turn into what we hear from Canada where it's being proposed as an option to patients (especially those who don't really need it). I feel like it's unfair to present it to someone, they should come to the conclusion all on their own that that's what they'd like to do.

THevil30 t1_jad2ixv wrote on February 28, 2023 at 3:53 PM

Yeah this is the thing. When this last came around I was SO in favor of MaiD because it made sense and the slippery slope arguments all seemed kind of silly.

And then Canada did it and just like skiied all the way down to the bottom of that slippery slope. Every thing the anti MaiD guys were saying was going to happen happened. People being pressured into choosing MaiD to avoid healthcare costs, people who can’t consent getting forced into MaiD, literal commercials for MaiD. It seems to be too much.

I have no issue with it from a moral perspective, and think it’s a choice I’d want to make in certain situations but idk man. The externalities seem bad, and Canada is usually better than the US at these these things.

homefone t1_jacletp wrote on February 28, 2023 at 1:52 PM

>where it's being proposed as an option to patients

This is an inevitability, not a possibility. Families and doctors will bring it up.

headrush46n2 t1_jae5nmc wrote on February 28, 2023 at 8:01 PM

Yeah except it's just being used not for the best interest of the patient, but for hospitals and cost cutting.

superbbuffalo t1_jackikj wrote on February 28, 2023 at 1:45 PM

That’s my fear too. It’s such an easy jump to make for governments.

IntelligentMeal40 t1_jacxu9f wrote on February 28, 2023 at 3:22 PM

Yes I agree, but at the same time I would rather die than sleep on the sidewalk. The government is going to withhold help from people either way, it’s not like by not allowing this the government will suddenly provide resources to people.