Re:It's Getting Harder to Die
by lotsofpulp on Saturday June 29, 2024 @11:35AM
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In the US, the big reason is religious groups that want to force their religion onto others.
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Re:It's Getting Harder to Die
by anonymouskimmer on Saturday June 29, 2024 @12:42PM
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There are anti-euthanasia atheists (E.g. Kevin Yuell).
There are pro assisted suicide religions too.
Neither of those matter because they don’t hold massive, disproportional influence over a huge part of the US political establishment.
Re:It's Getting Harder to Die
by anonymouskimmer on Saturday June 29, 2024 @04:31PM
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In general in the US only White Evangelical Protestants and Black Protestants have less than a majority who believe assisted suicide / euthanasia should be available for "great pain and no hope of improvement", and those two groups still have over 40% who believe it should be available.
And that's as of 2015, so the trend may be higher by now. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2015/10/05/californi...
Re:It's Getting Harder to Die
by anonymouskimmer on Saturday June 29, 2024 @04:40PM
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My bad, it's Yuill.
There’s an interesting case right now in Vancouver against the largest hospital downtown which is affiliated with Catholics (I think, St Paul’s is the facility in any case).
Several in-patients that opted for medical assistance in dying were refused that treatment by administrators of the hospital on religious grounds, and their families are sueing based on the additional suffering inflicted by having to transfer to other facilities.
Re:It's Getting Harder to Die
by lotsofpulp on Saturday June 29, 2024 @02:48PM
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Catholic hospitals are a big problem in the US too.
Re:It's Getting Harder to Die
by alsetmusic on Monday July 01, 2024 @04:54PM
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If your job duties might go against your religious beliefs, you are responsible for finding other work. Not doing so should be grounds for termination.