As an American unfamiliar with the nuances of the Brexit/Remainer debate I can add nothing to that part of this conversation. But the assisted dying issue has been percolating for years on this side of the Atlantic.
My own view favors the option, thanks in large part to my experience as an hourly caregiver with an agency in my post-retirement life. (I even decided years ago to carry a DNR in my wallet, but that is another conversation.) I'm not informed about the various legal nuances from state to state or jurisdictions in Canada or elsewhere, but I know that suicide has been a human option from the beginning of time, "legal" or not, with or without permission.
That said, I wonder if there has been any consideration of this issue in the context of the obligatory "suicide watch" regulatory guidelines in prisons.
I don’t understand the conflation of “coercion” and “burden”. If someone feels a sense of burden, or would rather some of the money they have would go to their kids instead of being spent on care, it strikes me that it is actually coercive to ignore those feelings and tell them they must indeed live out their final days as the burden they don’t want to be.
It is a difficult one , I think if any legislation is accompanied by proper palliative care then I could support it myself . I really worry about abuse, especially for poorer people and those without good advocacy and at a times where it feels that our politics is heading in the wrong direction in terms of valuing people I can only conclude with the quote that "The road to hell is paved with good intentions" I do have a sort of faith beyond humanity and I do not believe that that conflicts with this issue but the potential for abuse is huge and until I can be happy that we are on a better path I worry if it succeeds.
Spot on as so often. Like you I’m in favour but don’t believe those opposed are morally bankrupt. And legislation is a different matter to my own belief. Otherwise I’d be in favour of banning Nutella and closing down that bloody Abba ripoff. Glad I don’t have to decide here.
As an American unfamiliar with the nuances of the Brexit/Remainer debate I can add nothing to that part of this conversation. But the assisted dying issue has been percolating for years on this side of the Atlantic.
My own view favors the option, thanks in large part to my experience as an hourly caregiver with an agency in my post-retirement life. (I even decided years ago to carry a DNR in my wallet, but that is another conversation.) I'm not informed about the various legal nuances from state to state or jurisdictions in Canada or elsewhere, but I know that suicide has been a human option from the beginning of time, "legal" or not, with or without permission.
That said, I wonder if there has been any consideration of this issue in the context of the obligatory "suicide watch" regulatory guidelines in prisons.
I don’t understand the conflation of “coercion” and “burden”. If someone feels a sense of burden, or would rather some of the money they have would go to their kids instead of being spent on care, it strikes me that it is actually coercive to ignore those feelings and tell them they must indeed live out their final days as the burden they don’t want to be.
It is a difficult one , I think if any legislation is accompanied by proper palliative care then I could support it myself . I really worry about abuse, especially for poorer people and those without good advocacy and at a times where it feels that our politics is heading in the wrong direction in terms of valuing people I can only conclude with the quote that "The road to hell is paved with good intentions" I do have a sort of faith beyond humanity and I do not believe that that conflicts with this issue but the potential for abuse is huge and until I can be happy that we are on a better path I worry if it succeeds.
Spot on as so often. Like you I’m in favour but don’t believe those opposed are morally bankrupt. And legislation is a different matter to my own belief. Otherwise I’d be in favour of banning Nutella and closing down that bloody Abba ripoff. Glad I don’t have to decide here.