Kaboom@reddthat.com to Leopards Ate My Face@lemm.ee · edit-23 months agoAssisted dying now accounts for one in 20 Canada deathswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down145file-textcross-posted to: conservative@lemm.eeworld@lemmy.worldglobalnews@lemmy.zipnews@lemmy.world
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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/
minus-squaretheonlytruescotsman@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 months agoMedian age being 77 objectively means there isnt widespread abuse. That’s about the life expectancy of Canada.
minus-squaresbv@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·3 months ago 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.
minus-squareWorldsDumbestManlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoImplying people should kill themselves just because they are old.
minus-squareTheDoozer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoIt does suggest that the people who requested it were more likely to be near end of life, exactly when someone (generally) might want an out.
Median age being 77 objectively means there isnt widespread abuse. That’s about the life expectancy of Canada.
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.
Implying people should kill themselves just because they are old.
It does suggest that the people who requested it were more likely to be near end of life, exactly when someone (generally) might want an out.