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I'm surprised it's that many, but it's people who are allowed to die with dignity, and released from a life of pain.
I hate we don't have that right here in Denmark.
Not that surprising given how big our aging boomer demographic is. This was my father two years ago who had fought a year long battle with cancer before deciding to go with MAID. He was already hospitalized in palliative care and it may have only saved him a day or two more of suffering. In fact after how rough his final night was, I wish he had been able to let go a day earlier.
While people should have the right to end their own lives, i feel like widespread use of euthanasia will degrade the standards of our medical care.
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At least in Canada people can choose euthanasia because they are in pain rather than because they're bankrupting their family
I would be curious how this affects the suicide statistics.
That is the neat part, it does not!
so 4500 "suicides" vs the articles above 15,300 people. I don't think 15,300 is a subset of 4500.
I think they mean in the concept of someone who would now qualify for MAID who otherwise might have chosen suicide. Or at least that's how I took it- MAID could actually decrease suicides by offering an alternate solution to those without quality of life or hopes of improving.
Lets keep context here. The largest generation in history is at the end of their lifespan in many cases. The stats are as inflated as that generational bubble.
If allowing euthanasia is a recent change I assume there will be a large bump initially as the backlog of patients that have accumulated gets treatment. I would expect it to dwindle out over time
Whoops I just read the article and it said they legalised in 2016. I guess I'm happy for everyone whos opting for it?
Boomer generation population size outweighs gen x, millenials and gen z combined.
Not for long >:)
It’s ridiculous that there is a prerequisite of terminal illness
There's a huge push from the right that this is unethical to offer it in the first place and that soon we are just going to let people euthanize themselves instead of "treating" them. I mean, i don't want people to do this either, but who are we to force a choice onto someone?
It makes me worried about vulnerable people getting bullied into it somehow.
Yep - "unethical" to let people die without suffering and passing on financial ruin to loved ones, but "ethical" to kill criminals for their misdeeds. That's superb logic from the right.
I don’t disagree with you, but I think you’re thinking US not Canada. Death penalty is not Canadian. I don’t think? And health cares free (not to say there’s not other costs associated).
We haven't had the death penalty for decades. We stopped using it in '63 and officially abolished in '76 for civilians and '99 for things like treason.
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One step at the time.
Making euthanasia legal for people with terminal illness is already hard enough and I'm glad it is now possible in a lot of countries.
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Quebec has 9 million divided by Canada's 41 = 22% by population.
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