[swader999]

We already have some of the most progressive euthanasia programs in the world. No need to get more creative than that.

[unsupp0rted]

To be fair, those euthanasia programs are only used when someone is either terminally ill or is a healthy-ish 31-year-old who can’t afford housing.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/assisted-s...

[goatsi]

The person in the article applied because of health problems.

>Denise said she hasn’t cancelled her MAID application because she still suffers from painful chronic health problems that haven’t been properly handled.

[unsupp0rted]

She's not going around doing cartwheels, but in a civilized country she wouldn't be applying for medically assisted dying. Her health problems are, at least arguably, manageable in fairly straightforward ways via a rational medical system.

She'll never have healthy-millionaire quality of life, but this isn't what medically-assisted dying is meant for.

[goatsi]

In this case what she recognized as the treatment is managed by something other than the medical system. I would assume this is the same in other places, unless doctors in Europe can write prescriptions for apartments.

[TurkishPoptart]

Holy shit. Financial reasons should not be a factor in choosing to end one's life. WTF Canada?

[sampo]

"Canada prepares to expand its euthanasia law to include those with mental illness"

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64004329

[brewdad]

At least in Canada they won't be milking the estate for the cost of the euthanasia.

[kneebonian]

Don't forget the veterans who've asked for ramps.

"Canada Veteran Affair's department: Finishing what the enemy started!"

[ROTMetro]

But do you have Carousel?

[jrace]

Care for a person dying of Al's and tell me how progressive our Euthanasia program is.

This has nothing to do with the article.

[ben_w]

> dying of Al's

Given the current zeitgeist, I feel there's only a 70% chance that's an autocorrupt of Alzheimer's.

Or did, until I saw the alternative font in the comment box and realised that's a lowercase L not a capital i.

My mum died of that. Technically liver or kidney failure from dehydration, but that in turn was from refusing food in the care home and not having the awareness to get liquids separately.

I think it was worse for us than it was for her, overall, though there were a few occasions where her self-awareness of the nature of her condition caused her unhappiness.

[teolandon]

More likely that it's a autocorrupt of ALS.

[jrace]

Indeed it was.

Happy we are making progress with that and other degenerative diseases. I just wish we all had the opportunity to choose how our life ends, not just for our own suffering but also for those that suffer for us.

[amrocha]

It's the conspiracy theory du jour now that these people can't complain about vaccines anymore, don't bother engaging with it

[hezralig]

There is a far gap between the conservatives fixated on vaccines and the people pointing out that they have a physical handicap and otherwise want to live but are not being given disability benefits to pay for rent and food and feel forced into signing up to be euthanized.

[jrace]

Nobody is being Forced into Euthanasia. I sincerely hope you and no one close to you ever has to consider this as an option, but if they did should they not have the dignity to choose?

[amrocha]

I'm not disagreeing that there's problems to be solved around how to support our sick and disabled.

But the recent outrage over it is definitely an overreaction, and is being brought up by the same people that were complaining about vaccines and masks 2 years ago.