So I just voted on a referendum here for/against legalising euthanasia. What are my chapos thoughts on the matter?

I’m torn. Not being alive to see through the climate apocalypse or terminal illness sounds pretty good, but this has to exist under capitalism and a healthcare system that’s underfunded.

Disability rights groups always come out against bills like this, and it does seem like it could easily lead to abuse.

Could this lead to less funding for palliative care? Is a young person with non-responsive depression a valid context for euthanasia (wouldn’t be legal yet but has been added to the law in other countries like Belgium)?

Thoughts?

  • Hotskytrotsky [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I support the ideology of self-actualized euthanasia (this is from me experiencing one grandparent die from ever progressive cancer and personally wished that he could just "end it"), but yes it is rife with the possibility of abuse within our current system and is something that should only be used within a post-capitalist system in which human lives and health conditions are not commodified.