Kaboom@reddthat.com to Leopards Ate My Face@lemm.ee · edit-26 days agoAssisted dying now accounts for one in 20 Canada deathswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up14file-textcross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldglobalnews@lemmy.zipcanada@hexbear.netcanada@lemmy.mlnews@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up14external-linkAssisted dying now accounts for one in 20 Canada deathswww.bbc.comKaboom@reddthat.com to Leopards Ate My Face@lemm.ee · edit-26 days agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldglobalnews@lemmy.zipcanada@hexbear.netcanada@lemmy.mlnews@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
Also, potentially hundreds were done illegally. https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/here-s-why-critics-believe-hundreds-of-medically-assisted-deaths-shouldn-t-have-happened-1.7146483 https://www.lifenews.com/2024/12/16/canada-may-have-illegally-euthanized-622-people/
minus-squaretheonlytruescotsman@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·6 days agoMedian age being 77 objectively means there isnt widespread abuse. That’s about the life expectancy of Canada.
minus-squaresbv@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 days ago Median age being 77 objectively means there isnt widespread abuse. That doesn’t follow. The age of recipients doesn’t tell us anything about why they received MAiD, who initiated the process, or the protections built into the process. Considering how Canadian institutions have fucked up in the past, MAiD is worth keeping an eye on. But OP hasn’t provided anything showing a problem.
Median age being 77 objectively means there isnt widespread abuse. That’s about the life expectancy of Canada.
That doesn’t follow. The age of recipients doesn’t tell us anything about why they received MAiD, who initiated the process, or the protections built into the process.
Considering how Canadian institutions have fucked up in the past, MAiD is worth keeping an eye on. But OP hasn’t provided anything showing a problem.