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  • raccoona_nongrata@beehaw.orgtoCanada@lemmy.ca•Calgary judge rules 27-year-old can go ahead with MAID death despite father's concerns
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    3 months ago

    Seems selfish to me, to insist someone keep suffering on your behalf, even going so far as to try and legally block them from recieving final care that would make their passing comfortable and peaceful as it can be.

    I say this as someone who had a family member who suffered from severe ADHD and attempted to take his life several times. In the end he shot himself in the face in front of his wife and their infant daughter.

    He was going to do it, no amount of support from us was going to change that. The only difference is, he might’ve had a way to go that was more humane, less violent and traumatizing if we lived in a society that respected his right to do so.