Legalized euthanasia is a very controversial subject!
As a classical liberal I am for individuals to be able to make a voluntary decision about taking their lives or not. However, the slippery slope can not be ignored.
Take for example so called physician-assisted suicide. This is an oxymoron! Doctors are supposed to do no harm. That is what their Hippocratic oath says.
The article is e.g. making the point whether the obvious failures of the Canadian healthcare system (e.g. long wait times) contributes to increased death wishes.
"Canada’s euthanasia regime, which is set to expand in March 2024 when people with no more than a mental illness or a drug addiction will be given access to assisted suicide.
Tragically, since bans on the practice were lifted in 2016, over 30,000 Canadians have been euthanized—a number that is sure to balloon if Canada’s culture of death prevails. ..."
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