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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you read my other comment in this thread it should be clear that I think MAID due to being poor is not acceptable at all. That’s a whole lot of failures all stacking up. It’s wrong and horrible.

Other countries do make these decisions. Usually they leave it to doctors to do in a sort of shadow and pretend it doesn’t happen and look the other way. There are other countries with MAID too. 

[–] ageedizzle@piefed.ca 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Other countries do make these decisions

Yes I know. I said nearly every other country does without it, but it is true that some countries do have similar programs.

If you read my other comment in this thread it should be clear that I think MAID due to being poor is not acceptable at all

In some ways then, you and I have very similar views. I guess one of our main differences is how much confidence we have in the current system to make it so that the poor are not disproportionately suffering as a consequence of MAiD. I don't trust our current system to do that. Our current healthcare system is already so broken, especially for the mentally ill, so there's a real danger that MAiD will be seen as a real alternative to proper healthcare. If we were in a place where we already had adequate care for people suffering from mental illnesses, then maybe we would be having a different discussion. But we are not there yet.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah I agree with you. 

We need to fix the issues and we’ve massively widened the gaps in the system.