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the_toast_is_gone@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨months⊠agoI was mistaken in my previous posts. I wasnât aware that the effective date of MAID for mentally ill people had been pushed out again. But the fact remains itâs in the plans and itâs very likely to become a reality; if they didnât want to do it, they would have revoked it entirely.
problematicPanther@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
Theyâre talking about expanding it to allow terminally ill people with mental illnesses to access maid, not saying that you must be mentally ill to receive it.
the_toast_is_gone@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
MAID is also for people who live, by some measure, intolerably painful lives for which there isnât a treatment IIRC. Many mental disorders could be classified as such and make someone eligible for MAID. This will disincentivize people from trying to treat these disorders and instead âend peopleâs sufferingâ in a much darker way.