▲ 22 ▼ Alberta bill would limit medically assisted dying to patients facing 'reasonably foreseeable' death (www.cbc.ca) submitted 7 months ago by GreenBeard@lemmy.ca to c/alberta@lemmy.ca 7 comments fedilink hide all child comments New legislation would prevent anyone in Alberta from accessing medical assistance in dying (MAID) if they are unlikely to die within the next 12 months.
[+] Goun@lemmy.ml -3 points 7 months ago (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] BevsDad@lemmy.ca 14 points 7 months ago (1 child) Someone with excruciating pain that can't be treated is one. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] potate@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 months ago My partner works with people struggling with chronic pain. MAID can be mercy. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bishoponarope@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago Someone living with an incurable, treatment resistant, severe mental illness causing extreme long-term suffering. Someone living with brain damage that has left their pain centre of their brain fully active, constantly. Someone suffering from full body paralysis (locked-in) with no prospect of any recovery, unable to even blink their own eyelids requiring a level of care they are almost guaranteed not to receive. The list goes on. permalink fedilink source parent [–] GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 months ago Must be nice to be in a position, as an able bodied person, to debate nuances and navigation of laws for such matters. To not understand it. Who would actually benefit from this? If you seriously don't understand this very very simple question, I'm not sure expending energy on hitting my keyboard is a good investment at this point. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BevsDad@lemmy.ca 14 points 7 months ago (1 child) Someone with excruciating pain that can't be treated is one. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] potate@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 months ago My partner works with people struggling with chronic pain. MAID can be mercy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] potate@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 months ago My partner works with people struggling with chronic pain. MAID can be mercy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bishoponarope@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago Someone living with an incurable, treatment resistant, severe mental illness causing extreme long-term suffering. Someone living with brain damage that has left their pain centre of their brain fully active, constantly. Someone suffering from full body paralysis (locked-in) with no prospect of any recovery, unable to even blink their own eyelids requiring a level of care they are almost guaranteed not to receive. The list goes on. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 months ago Must be nice to be in a position, as an able bodied person, to debate nuances and navigation of laws for such matters. To not understand it. Who would actually benefit from this? If you seriously don't understand this very very simple question, I'm not sure expending energy on hitting my keyboard is a good investment at this point. permalink fedilink source parent