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Would you be in favour of assisted dying being introduced for terminally ill patients in your country? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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With the discussion of whether assisted dying should be allowed in Scotland befing brought up again, I was wondering what other people thought of the topic.

Do you think people should be allowed to choose when to end their own life?

What laws need to be put into place to prevent abuses in the system?

How do we account for people changing their mind or mental decline causing people to no longer be able to consent to a procedure they previously requested?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

With a waiting period, I think assisted dying should be available for adults in general, regardless of terminal illness.

No one opted in, and at least in my society where we are belligerently unwilling to tangibly help one another, where most are expected to endlessly produce regardless of our wellbeing under threat of homelessness and gruesome death by exposure, and where struggling people are often condemned for being lazy or making bad decisions when they're already down, it would be a small, efficient mercy to allow a quiet, painless opt out.

We could even have the capitalists run it and charge a small fee since they need to turn everything into a for profit endeavor. Everyone wins.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I was with you until the capitalists part ad that would incentivize abuse and overuse for malicious reasons.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

They're the biggest reason assisted dying would be so popular, regardless of how it was run.

This is their world, and they must benefit to permit something merciful for the people to happen. Their malice is already everywhere, for this to even have a chance of ever existing, they must get their cut, or they wouldn't let their middle managers in governments pass it. Just the reality.

I was just suggesting a potential offering to the rule makers to make it achievable. They have no kindness or mercy to appeal to, only money.