[ExI] Legal euthanasia for mental problems increasing worldwide

[Adrian Tymes]

Agreed.  For example, quite a few MAGA types would recommend it for any
Democrat, on the basis that being a Democrat is incurable insanity - and
some Democrats would recommend it for the most extreme MAGA types on the
same basis.

On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 12:08 PM efc--- via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> I'm all for it on an individual basis, however, having people recommend it
> could lead to some thorny ethical issues.
>
> On Thu, 18 Apr 2024, BillK via extropy-chat wrote:
>
> > Most cases of assisted suicide or euthanasia (ASE) in the Netherlands
> > – the first country to legalise the practice in 2002 – involve people
> > with terminal illnesses. But ASE for psychiatric reasons is on the
> > rise. In 2010, only two people sought euthanasia on the grounds of
> > mental health. That increased to 68 in 2019 and to 138 last year.
> >
> > <
> https://www.spiked-online.com/2024/04/18/why-are-dutch-doctors-euthanising-a-healthy-young-woman/
> >
> >
> > Quotes:
> > Psychiatric euthanasia remains divisive in the Netherlands. Many Dutch
> > people who were initially in favour of ASE are reconsidering their
> > positions because of it. Boudewijn Chabot is one such critic, a
> > psychiatrist who actually received a suspended sentence for carrying
> > out the first reported case of euthanasia for psychiatric reasons in
> > the 1990s. Now Chabot worries that the legalisation of ASE has gone
> > too far. ‘I am not against euthanasia in psychiatry or severe
> > dementia’, he writes. ‘[But] I am extremely concerned that doctors are
> > trying to solve social misery due to lack of treatment and care, by
> > opening the gate to the end.’
> > In Canada, people seek out euthanasia to solve poverty, homelessness
> > and lack of medical care. In the Netherlands, therapists seem to have
> > given up on treating the mentally unwell, recommending euthanasia
> > instead.
> > --------------
> >
> > Extending euthanasia to get rid of problems or difficult cases sounds
> > very dubious to me.
> >
> > BillK
> >
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