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It absolutely ridiculous that in the United States only a few states support assisted suicide. Don't even get me started on the costs related to take care of s
by bob_theslob646 4y ago
It absolutely ridiculous that in the United States only a few states support assisted suicide.
Don't even get me started on the costs related to take care of someone in a nursing home 5-8k minimum, per month.
- zdragnar 4y agoAh yes, the old "imagine how much money we would save if you would just kill yourself already" play. Assisted suicide is terribly difficult to do properly; to certify that the decision was made free of external influence, and that the person is of sound mind at the time the decision is made is in most cases impossible. It's an incredibly cruel thing to do, and yet it keeps happening wherever it is allowed.
- ypeterholmes 4y agoNah, what's incredibly cruel is forcing people to spend their last months in extreme pain and/or enduring severe mental illness
- zdragnar 4y agoWhat sort of severe mental illness would require assisted suicide yet leave a person capable of informed consent? Differentiating suicidal ideation due to mental illness from rational desire to die seems rather impossible. As for extreme pain, there is hospice. Calling assisted suicide medical care is so fraught with perverse incentives that it will certainly cause more harm than good.