Not at all. The default stance would be “I do not care one way or the other if someone has access to MAID.”
By taking a stance against MAID, you are in fact deciding that they should not be able to die now. No one is asking you to personally do the killing, but you take umbrage with the idea that it would be accessible to people, so you are therefore deciding that they should be die now, but later.
We already have a very dysfunctional healthcare system. It’s a real concern that people might turn to MAID because they cannot access healthcare. The article linked above cites at least one example of this. I think this concern is even greater with mental health cases, since our mental healthcare system is even more dysfunctional. Why are we offering MAID for people with mental health issues when we can barely offer proper healthcare for people with mental health issues? That’s a legitimate concern. If you want to frame that concern as me being as a nosey person who wants people to live in suffering then you can, but that’s not a very productive way to hold this conversation.
I am not advocating for a stance for or against MAID. I have not stated my position on it. All of my comments are pointing out a flaw in your argument that I observed.
Not at all. The default stance would be “I do not care one way or the other if someone has access to MAID.”
By taking a stance against MAID, you are in fact deciding that they should not be able to die now. No one is asking you to personally do the killing, but you take umbrage with the idea that it would be accessible to people, so you are therefore deciding that they should be die now, but later.
We already have a very dysfunctional healthcare system. It’s a real concern that people might turn to MAID because they cannot access healthcare. The article linked above cites at least one example of this. I think this concern is even greater with mental health cases, since our mental healthcare system is even more dysfunctional. Why are we offering MAID for people with mental health issues when we can barely offer proper healthcare for people with mental health issues? That’s a legitimate concern. If you want to frame that concern as me being as a nosey person who wants people to live in suffering then you can, but that’s not a very productive way to hold this conversation.
I am not advocating for a stance for or against MAID. I have not stated my position on it. All of my comments are pointing out a flaw in your argument that I observed.