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Scottish lawmakers reject bill to let terminally ill people end their lives (apnews.com)

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[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You honestly think there are patients going in to consult with their doctors about treatment and the doctors strong arm them into killing themselves to save the province money?

Are you basing this on a personal experience or has your brain lost the battle with your phone?

[–] misk@piefed.social 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

This wasn’t what I meant at all. I meant that euthanasia being legal opens up discussion about what’s the reasonable limit of who public healthcare can afford to treat. That in itself isn’t that much of an issue but we have to consider that we have neoliberal vultures drafting public budgets.