Michigan Democrats eye legalizing physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill | Bridge Michigan
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A ‘death with dignity’ bill package introduced in the Michigan Senate last week would allow people with less than six months to live to request a prescription for life-ending medication.
  • Michigan Senate Democrats propose bills legalizing physician-assisted death for terminally ill patients
  • The concept, legalized in 10 states and Washington, D.C., remains controversial
  • Supporters say it gives terminally ill patients more autonomy. Critics argue it’s ‘not the compassionate answer’
      • SeaJ
        1•1 year ago

        I hope that happens. We have been trying to do it here in Washington (as mentioned in the article) but we cannot Constitutionally have an income tax. I think the last initiative trying to pass it had a mix of payroll taxes and capital gains taxes.

    • @derf82English
      6•1 year ago

      That would be great, but there is no reason one should be dependent on the other.

        • @derf82English
          1•1 year ago

          That is just another form of suffering people shouldn’t be forced to live through if they do not want to.

          • @JigglySackles
            1•1 year ago

            Some would argue that since the ability to remove the suffering is possible, that we should do that instead of being happy a dystopian solution like assisted suicide be praised as an acceptable option. Suicide is already an option. Having it be assisted just gives them another way to milk one last drop of blood from a stone.

            • @derf82English
              1•1 year ago

              I don’t agree the ability to remove suffering exists on this world. Even free healthcare and universal basic income won’t do that.

              The world is already a dystopia. Forcing people to continue to suffer is the most dystopian to me. Not everyone can easily and especially painlessly end their own life.

              • @JigglySackles
                1•1 year ago

                Removing entirety might be impossible, but it can certainly be lessened by large degrees.

                I’m not advocating against assisted suicide, people should be able to die peacefully and painlessly when they choose. I am saying that it shouldn’t be the solution to a broken system. Fix the systems so people don’t feel the need to off themselves just to get away from it.

                • @derf82English
                  1•1 year ago

                  We’re never going to fix the system. And even if we could, I don’t think people should have to suffer waiting. That is the problem with saying “well, we need to fix x, y, and z first.” The people suffering have no control over x, y, and z.

                  • @JigglySackles
                    1•1 year ago

                    In actuality to our current status, yeah very unlikely. I was speaking more to ideals.