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There's plenty of reasons I cannot trust the medical system and people with euthanasia systems.
Canadian soldier with PTSD ‘outraged’ when VA suggested euthanasia
A Canadian armed forces veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and a traumatic brain injury was offered medical assistance in dying by an employee of Veterans Affairs Canad…nypost.com
Soldier gets offered euthanasia to solve ptsd
'Disturbing': Experts troubled by Canada’s euthanasia laws
TORONTO (AP) — Alan Nichols had a history of depression and other medical issues, but none were life-threatening.apnews.com
Guys gets hospitalized for threatening self harm. Over fears he's " suicidal ". Wants brother to bust him out. Month later euthanized.
Hearing loss only physical ailment. Never wore Hearing aid.
Are Canadians being driven to assisted suicide by poverty or healthcare crisis?
Critics argue laws are being misused to punish the poor but experts say cases represent country’s failure to care for its most vulnerable citizenswww.theguardian.com
Homeless need government assistance? Or specialist treatment/ assistance? Try euthanasia instead.
At least four veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress have been offered MAiD, including one instance where a caseworker told a veteran that MAiD is a preferable alternative to “blowing your brains out against the wall.”
Add mental illness / disabilities as viable reasons ?
The Problems With Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying Policy
Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying program seemed like a step forward for choice and dignity. But it is beginning to look like a dystopian end run around the cost of providing social welfare that can beat back the deprivations that make life unbearable.jacobin.com
Definitely keep it out of for profit medical systems. But even systems part public are thinking about the $.
In another instance, retired corporal Christine Gauthier, who is paraplegic and competed for Canada at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympics and the Invictus Games, was offered assisted suicide, with Veterans Affairs offering to provide her with the necessary equipment.
Gauthier had been fighting for five years to have Veterans Affairs provide her with a wheelchair ramp. They wouldn’t provide the ramp, but they would give her the means to end her life.
This is barely scraping the tip of the ice berg is how many negatives can occur with legal euthanasia . Especially when you include mental health.
This is a very sound concern, however legal euthanasia is a lot like legal drug use. When it is systemic and contained, regulated, sure there are going to be some pretty bad cases of abuse. However having people do it in the streets and their homes has a much much higher cascade of consequences. A girl I went to College with, her Dad offed himself with a gun. She was the only one to get home as her Mother was en route to work (this was before cell phones were very affordable). She was 13, and it took a while for anyone to get there. She had started cleaning up the mess. If he had the option of handling all that in a much more sanitary manner and chose to do so, she would at least have avoided going through the horror of that discovery. Forcing people to do this in such ways because it harms people's sensibilities makes it more messy and traumatic for all involved. Kind of similar to deinstitutionalization. Yeah there were State asylums that were awful, horrendous places. Now our severely mentally ill who cant afford private care facilities are in our jails and prisons doing cheap labor, or homeless. Would have been better to fix the system rather than dismantle it altogether and wait to deal with them until they hurt people.