i have complicated feelings. on one hand: yes, people deserve to be able to, but also:
how much is this just going to be used by the state to coerce people into killing themselves?
there are so many underlying factors that go into treating mental health beyond just “therapy and medication”, and from what my canadian friends tell me, mental healthcare is about as bad or worse in canada as it is in the usa. it’s not properly covered by standard healthcare from what i have learned, so if you are too poor to get treatment, this will probably be used to just. expunge poor people from existence.
how much is this just going to be used by the state to coerce people into killing themselves?
this has generally been the concern even under the more limited implementation Canada currently has; of course, that opens a bunch of other ethical issues that i’m not sure legislation is exactly well equipped to handle
i have complicated feelings. on one hand: yes, people deserve to be able to, but also:
how much is this just going to be used by the state to coerce people into killing themselves?
there are so many underlying factors that go into treating mental health beyond just “therapy and medication”, and from what my canadian friends tell me, mental healthcare is about as bad or worse in canada as it is in the usa. it’s not properly covered by standard healthcare from what i have learned, so if you are too poor to get treatment, this will probably be used to just. expunge poor people from existence.
this has generally been the concern even under the more limited implementation Canada currently has; of course, that opens a bunch of other ethical issues that i’m not sure legislation is exactly well equipped to handle