Leopards Ate My Face

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Assisted dying now accounts for one in 20 Canada deaths (www.bbc.com)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Kaboom@reddthat.com to c/leopardsatemyface@lemm.ee

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Also, potentially hundreds were done illegally. https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/here-s-why-critics-believe-hundreds-of-medically-assisted-deaths-shouldn-t-have-happened-1.7146483 https://www.lifenews.com/2024/12/16/canada-may-have-illegally-euthanized-622-people/

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[–] TiaNati@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

This article doesn't belong in this community. The death with dignity law is working as intended and helping people who average over 77 years old pass away on their own terms, saving months if not years of pain, suffering, and expenses for them and their families. What is so leopards ate my face about that?

[–] JackDark@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago (2 children)

How is this leopards ate my face?

[–] Illegalmexicant@lemmy.world -2 points 1 month ago

Maybe actual leopards were involved?

[+] Kaboom@reddthat.com -30 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Because the lefties voted for it saying it wouldn't be abused, and here it is, being abused.

[–] Questy@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The median age of this group was more than 77. The vast majority – around 96% - had a death deemed "reasonably foreseeable", due to severe medical conditions such as cancer.

In the small minority of other cases, patients may not have been terminally ill, but sought an assisted death due to a long and complicated illness that had significantly impacted their quality of life.

Ah yes, "abused" through being used exactly as designed.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The article mentions two or three anecdotes that were clear failures, but I haven't seen studies showing a systemic problem. Do you have evidence of that?

[+] Kaboom@reddthat.com -16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This sub isn't strictly about systemic issues, this sub is about anecdotes.

https://reddthat.com/post/29357120S

https://reddthat.com/post/29133310

Although this is run by the govt, so by definition it's systemic. In any case, there hasn't been a study (afaik), so we have no idea just how widespread the abuse is

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago

Those are anecdotes about people regretting their political choices. There isn't any indication from your original BBC link that recipients of MAiD regretted their political choices. It mentions Sophia, but there's no evidence that her chemical sensitivity or problems finding housing had anything to do with her political support.

So far, this post hasn't provided evidence that MAiD is being misused, or leopard face eating.

[–] theonlytruescotsman@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Median age being 77 objectively means there isnt widespread abuse. That's about the life expectancy of Canada.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Median age being 77 objectively means there isnt widespread abuse.

That doesn't follow. The age of recipients doesn't tell us anything about why they received MAiD, who initiated the process, or the protections built into the process.

Considering how Canadian institutions have fucked up in the past, MAiD is worth keeping an eye on. But OP hasn't provided anything showing a problem.

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 1 points 3 weeks ago

Implying people should kill themselves just because they are old.

[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 9 points 1 month ago

Just because you're afraid to die doesn't mean others are. It's their choice & none of your business. There is no abuse because there are plenty of safeguards in place preventing people from doing this willy-nilly. Go find something that's a REAL problem to fearmonger about.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

You should go back to posting on Conservative, and getting downvoted there.