[spondylosaurus]

I was thinking about that in the case of "Mr. A" mentioned in TFA. They noted (but kinda glossed over) the fact that he had some sort of bowel disease, and obviously I don't know how much that informed his decision, but chronic health problems can bring immense physical, emotional, and social suffering.

My IBD is relatively well-managed, but on bad enough days even I'll gravitate towards some not-so-sunny thoughts.

[jncfhnb]

He was also a mentally ill drug addict by the sound of it. People are so quick to defensively yell “just because this guy is an unemployed (homeless?) mentally ill drug addict with chronic health conditions doesn’t mean he should be killed”. And yeah, it doesn’t mean that. But let’s not pretend we don’t see that this guy probably has a miserable life.

Offering MAID is not a solution to societal ills. But it’s just straight up evil to say that people can’t kill themselves to escape a bad life because it would make you sad to think about.