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[deleted] t1_jacdysl wrote

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Jesykapie t1_jacnt29 wrote

End of life dignity instead of prolonged painful suffering.

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HerAirness t1_jacp4ch wrote

Shit is too bleak these days to deny anyone the right to end their suffering.

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Fallonsfox26 t1_jacsn14 wrote

These days?

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Mandalore108 t1_jaf0c3s wrote

Right? We live in unquestionably the best time in history. Suffering still exists of course, but people need to appreciate what we have.

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JohnBrownEye69 t1_jad6wo4 wrote

You know this is for terminally ill people in pain right, and not people down on the state of affairs "these days", right?

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HerAirness t1_jad76l6 wrote

Of course I know that. Have you ever dealt with a terminal illness? Shit is BLEAK. I have had to watch too many loved ones suffer just because. My aunt was a mess for over a year. It's horrific & expensive.

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buried_lede t1_jae12l0 wrote

“Expensive” too. Gosh, the slippery slope doesn’t waste any time.

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SKIPPY_IS_REAL t1_jadeizr wrote

Like 4 years ago doctors went to jail for this. Does anyone think something is wrong with us today?

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buried_lede t1_jae1k5x wrote

Personally, I hate this. End of life pain relief is very good now and it would be few conditions that are so intolerable to my mind to justify it, and no matter what people say, it will be abused. I read stories where it already is in places that have initiated it — I think Canada? Can’t remember. How to navigate all of this is unknown to me. I don’t think abuse can be 100-percent prevented.

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Professional_Bird_74 t1_jae3msq wrote

Be prepared for downvotes. I totally agree with you. The elderly will be the ones most vulnerable. Pain management and hospice care has come a long way.

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buried_lede t1_jae6lxd wrote

I can imagine some conditions that might be excruciating for me: being quadriplegic AND very sick for a long time. Being in end stage Lou Gehrig for a seemingly interminable amount of time , totally paralyzed from a stroke with no rehab or activity and sick on top of that with cancer or something. Most of what I can imagine being terrifying for me are conditions that are very prolonged where I am both ill and helpless. But I don’t think this law should pass

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buried_lede t1_jae5qh6 wrote

Done well there are few conditions that can’t find comfort in dying. My mother passed peacefully of cancer with an opioid drip. I’ve had major, invasive surgery with no post op pain at all, none. I don’t think this will end well.

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