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Mask off: cost cutting revealed as real motive for promoting assisted dying
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this post was submitted on 30 Apr 2024
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There's nothing safe about suicide.
Medically assisted death is safe and is a good option for someone who is of sound mind but in a terminal condition that wishes to end their suffering.
No one serious is suggesting that anyone can just up and decide on Thursday morning that they want to off themselves down at the doctor's office, it takes time and psychological testing to confirm the person is mentally competent to make the decision before it is allowed to go forward.
My grandmother was mentally competent until her last few days but suffered as her kidneys shut down and strung her along for weeks, she likely would have made this decision if it had been legal at the time. Instead it was an extended stay in ICU with hospice always planned but she would get better and worse on a daily basis and not be stable enough to get moved.
That's how it's advertised, now the Dutch approve it for people in their 20's with BPD or autism.
Someone with bipolar disorder who is under medication could be considered of sound mind at the time. They might have the clarity of mind to know that without medication, that they are unstable (a way of suffering) and on medication they are unhappy and suffering. That seems like it would qualify as lifelong suffering so why should that person stay alive if they don't want to have a life of suffering?