Canada euthanasia now accounts for nearly one in 20 deaths

Re:Canada euthanasia now accounts for nearly one in 20 deaths by dathinab on Thursday December 12, 2024 @10:52PM (#42405792)

There is a HUGE amount of things you can criticize about MAID specifically (and should) but honestly there are only a few reason why we shouldn't let the living dead go:

- it's a slippery slope

- they are young, they might revive (metaphorically speaking)

- you believe god will punish them with eternal suffering or something, but then a lot of religions are fine with monks willfully passing one "through meditation" in old age

To be clear I mean "in general". Wrt. MAID specifically e.g., a week seem .... very short ... enough for some short term depressive bout or mental leap of judgment to end your live. But then like I said there is a lot to criticize about MAID.

But granting the living dead peace is, I think, not the problem here.

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Re:Canada euthanasia now accounts for nearly one in 20 deaths by dathinab on Friday December 13, 2024 @02:25PM (#42411527)

From other comments I learned that the period is not a week but more like 90 days and required conditions are more stringent, too. Just in case someone reads my previous comment at a later point.

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Re:Canada euthanasia now accounts for nearly one in 20 deaths by DirkH on Sunday December 15, 2024 @03:00PM (#42425577)

The week thing is a myth. Either that part is blatantly false or someone violated MAID law. It can't happen that fast legally.

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