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I agree, one of those policies that seems like “yeah, people should be able to authorise their care as they see fit”, but implementation comes in a cynical, ableist society that already has wild medical precedents in place for disabled people.
it’s not even a strictly theoretical debate, Canada, who operates on a similar democratic plane and Overton window to us, has already rolled back their policy after fears were realised:
https://jacobin.com/2023/01/canada-medically-assisted-dying-poverty-disability-eugenics-euthanasia
this was when their wording was expanded to include those with mental health complications being able to self certify. People doing this from living depressing lives on little government assistance and a society that discriminated against them. combined with todays wording from our own government about people with adhd really cements those fears.
And yeah, Feelings of this “rushing it through because we think it’ll not be something we have to consider for a while if it fails” is very yes vote hubristic