Give me the freedom to end my life when I want to end it and you don't have to care about my care and I bet I am not the only one.
Do you think that your current resolve is correct for everyone around you, and should be generally mandated?
I agree to a reluctance to rely upon others, in the face of infirmity, but will I have the courage to forego that reliance in euthasia? I don't know.
I recently learned of the term “medical divorce”. Elderly couples divorcing, so they’re not saddled with the medical bills if one of them passes away. How insanely cruel is this? Is allowing people to go out on their own terms worse than this?
I don’t know about “generally mandated” but if I am lucid enough to decide, I should be allowed to. It is more humane, safer, cleaner to do with medical professionals than jumping from a bridge.
Our choices are either improve healthcare, elder care so people spend their last years in dignity or give them other options. By now, We have proven that we cannot or will not make healthcare, elder care affordable (it would be ideal to make it affordable). Which leaves us with what other options? Birth rates are falling almost across the world , we’ll have more and more older folks
As compared to be stuck on a bed in your own filth while your body is developing lesions on the back because you can't move? It is basically state sanctioned scaphism. Give me a ticket out of this hell hole.
as my grandfather descended into dementia and became wheelchair bound he talked about suicide a lot.
in less than a year he couldn't remember his wife / kids / grandchildren. he lasted ~4 more years.
he saw it was coming, and having watched it I don't disagree with his sentiment. when comes my time I want to be able to pull the trigger.
or even encouraged?
The government could make time for this and they could tell the lords to do one. They just chose not to.
In advanced societies of course, but we have few and unfortunate people travel from far and wide to reach those services.