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Houston Public MediaHouston’s BARC Animal Shelter is reducing its “rescue notice period” from 48 hours to 24 hours, meaning difficult-to-adopt dogs and cats will have less time before being euthanized.<a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/animals/2025/03/11/515814/houston-animal-shelter-shortens-at-risk-notice-period-due-to-limited-resources/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/animals/2025/03/11/515814/houston-animal-shelter-shortens-at-risk-notice-period-due-to-limited-resources/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Animals</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CityOfHouston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CityOfHouston</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Houston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Houston</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Local" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Local</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AnimalRescue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AnimalRescue</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AtRiskAnimals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AtRiskAnimals</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Euthanasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Euthanasia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HoustonAnimalAdoption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HoustonAnimalAdoption</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HoustonBARC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HoustonBARC</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HoustonStrayAnimals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HoustonStrayAnimals</a>

William McAuslandHomeless and Addiction Outreach Officer (HAOO) Android As machines took human jobs, and drugs and synth-alcohol became cheaper and more prevalent, people found themselves on the streets. Strangely, it was machines who also came to tend to the victims of addiction and homelessness. Hand drawn ink art from page 35, from The Mutant Epoch RPG Expansion Rules book Check it out here: <a href="https://www.outlandarts.com/expansionrules.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.outlandarts.com/expansionrules.htm</a>    <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/homeless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homeless</a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/outreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#outreach</a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/streetpeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#streetpeople</a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/skidrow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#skidrow</a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/drugaddict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#drugaddict</a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/addiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#addiction</a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/treatment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#treatment</a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/homelessoutreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homelessoutreach</a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#android</a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/humanoidrobot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#humanoidrobot</a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/selfaware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#selfaware</a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ai</a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/noai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#noai</a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/noaiart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#noaiart</a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/ink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ink</a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/rpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rpg</a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ttrpg</a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scifi</a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/playercharacter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#playercharacter</a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/mutantepoch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mutantepoch</a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/expansionrules" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#expansionrules</a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/tme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tme</a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/indiegame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indiegame</a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/postapocalyptic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#postapocalyptic</a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/fallout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fallout</a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/euthanasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#euthanasia</a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/syringe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#syringe</a>

Jocelyn<a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/TheGuardian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheGuardian</a>: "<a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/Spain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Spain</a>’s <a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/socialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#socialist</a> leader has defied expectations"<a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/Sanchez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sanchez</a> "can claim credit for a roll-call of eye-catching policies over the past few years, including <a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#labour</a> reforms, the introduction of <a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/menstrualLeave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#menstrualLeave</a> and the updating of <a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#abortion</a> legislation, a <a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/euthanasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#euthanasia</a> law, and a minimum <a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/basicIncome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#basicIncome</a> scheme. There have also been measures to cap rent prices and crack down on tourist flats, and a landmark law [for] <a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/foodDelivery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#foodDelivery</a> riders"<a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/PedroSanchez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PedroSanchez</a><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/23/keir-starmer-pedro-sanchez-spain-socialist-leader" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/23/keir-starmer-pedro-sanchez-spain-socialist-leader</a>

Broadwaybabyto2023 stats for medically assisted death in Canada. The Track 2 (non terminal illness) details are striking.Loneliness and “not wanting to be a burden” were significant reasons people chose to die.Anyone with chronic illness can tell you how quickly we’re treated as “burdens”. We need support to live with autonomy and dignity before we’re offered support to die. Many of us who feel like burdens wouldn’t feel that way if we had proper financial and social supports.Full report here: <a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/publications/health-system-services/annual-report-medical-assistance-dying-2023.html#t2.2a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/publications/health-system-services/annual-report-medical-assistance-dying-2023.html#t2.2a</a><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/MAiD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MAiD</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/assisteddying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#assisteddying</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/euthanasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#euthanasia</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/medicallyassisteddeath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#medicallyassisteddeath</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ableism</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disability</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/chronicillness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chronicillness</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/disabilityrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disabilityrights</a>

Rich Stein (he/him)<a href="https://journa.host/@fulelo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@fulelo</a> The late <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/@BillGardner" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@BillGardner</a> had a very thoughtful piece on Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) initiative: <a href="https://billgardner.substack.com/p/medical-assistance-in-dying-in-canada" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://billgardner.substack.com/p/medical-assistance-in-dying-in-canada</a>A very good discussion with Bill, et al. on MAID (also includes some good links): <a href="https://geripal.org/what-is-going-on-with-maid-in-canada-bill-gardner-leonie-herx-sonu-gaind/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://geripal.org/what-is-going-on-with-maid-in-canada-bill-gardner-leonie-herx-sonu-gaind/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MAID</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/euthanasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#euthanasia</a>

Kriszta Satori<a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBCNews</a> - Canada <a href="https://journa.host/tags/euthanasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#euthanasia</a> now accounts for nearly one in 20 deaths <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0j1z14p57po" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0j1z14p57po</a>

Joris MeysHalf a year ago, my granny decided her life was fulfilled. Today, she went to sleep forever, according to her wish.Ending life with medical assistance is controversial to some, but for my granny <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/euthanasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#euthanasia</a> was about dignity and staying in control when her body gave up. She died with a smile on her face, surrounded by her loved ones.Sleep well, grootmama, you'll be missed.

In-Sight PublishingHistoric vote on assisted dying – 29 NovemberPublisher: In-Sight PublishingPublisher Founding: September 1, 2014Publisher Location: Fort Langley, Township of Langley, British Columbia, CanadaPublication: Freethought NewswireOriginal Link: <a href="https://humanists.uk/2024/10/10/historic-vote-on-assisted-dying-29-november/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://humanists.uk/2024/10/10/historic-vote-on-assisted-dying-29-november/</a>Publication Date: October 10, 2024Organization: Humanists UKOrganization Description: Humanists UK is the operating name of the British Humanist Association. We are a charitable company (no. 228781), formed in 1896 and incorporated in 1928, and registered in England and Wales. Our governing document is our Articles of Association, which <a href="https://humanists.uk/wp-content/uploads/ArticlesofAssociation.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">can be viewed here</a>.Kim Leadbeater MP MBE, the Labour MP for Spen Valley, has announced that her Private Member’s Bill on Choice at the End of Life will have its Second Reading on Friday 29 November. This marks the first opportunity for MPs to debate and vote on an assisted dying bill since 2015. Ms Leadbeater will formally introduce the bill to the House of Commons during its First Reading on Wednesday 16 October.Humanists UK has welcomed the news and is urging MPs to vote in favour of choice, dignity, and compassion. Andrew Copson, Chief Executive of Humanists UK, said:<blockquote>‘This is a defining moment for our country. Kim Leadbeater’s bill offers Parliament a rare chance to bring about real, life-changing reform for adults who are intolerably suffering from incurable conditions. ‘For too long, people have been forced to suffer needlessly, deprived of the choice to die with dignity on their own terms. With overwhelming public support behind this bill, MPs have a duty to act. Legalising assisted dying with strict safeguards will ensure that no one has to endure unbearable suffering at the end of their life. This is about offering people control, compassion, and dignity when they need it most.’</blockquote>A members’ <a href="https://humanists.uk/2024/10/08/welsh-parliament-to-hold-assisted-dying-debate/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">debate and vote in the Senedd</a> (the Welsh Parliament) will be held on Wednesday 23 October on assisted dying for the terminally ill and incurably sufferingThe Assisted Dying Bill will apply to England and Wales only. A private member’s bill in Scotland by Liam McArthur MSP has been introduced in the Scottish Parliament.NotesFor further comment or information, media should contact Nathan Stilwell at nathan@humanists.uk or phone 07456200033.If you have been affected by the current assisted dying legislation, and want to use your story to support a change in the law, please email campaigns@humanists.uk.<a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1tja6NFU0fnICnuSqJjV8RRhlXLZQTO83?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Media can use the following press images and videos</a>, as long as they are attributed to ‘Humanists UK’.Read <a href="https://humanists.uk/2023/10/03/six-reasons-we-need-an-assisted-dying-law/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">six reasons we need an assisted dying law</a>.Read more about <a href="https://humanists.uk/2023/07/11/the-assisted-dying-inquiry-everything-important-that-was-said/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">our analysis of the assisted dying inquiry</a>. Read more about our campaign to <a href="https://humanists.uk/campaigns/public-ethical-issues/assisted-dying/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">legalise assisted dying</a> in the UK.Humanists UK is the national charity working on behalf of non-religious people. 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BroadwaybabytoI’m struggling with whether I have the spoons and emotional bandwith to write an article on Assisted Dying policies. It is such a complicated issue and people have big feelings about it (understandably). While I debate this in my monkey mind - I’m going to share a post I wrote on another social media site to explain why as a disabled person in Canada - I have concerns that medical assistance in dying has become dangerous. People outside of Canada are unaware what our program has turned into - so I hope this will shed some light on it and help others recognize WHY I’m so torn on this issue:I’m going to tell the story of “Kat” - a young woman with EDS (which I also have) living in British Columbia. She needed pain management, palliative care and a family doctor - but was unable to access these basic medical options. She finally applied for MAiD thinking it would open up treatment options - because an ethical program would do just that. I know it sounds strange to apply for death as a means of getting treatment - but in Canada our law says ‘all options must be exhausted before MAiD’. Many people with treatable conditions apply thinking that if approved to die - our system will expedite the care needed to live. What’s worse - her death was then misrepresented and romanticized in a video advertisement about the benefits of MAiD. The fact that she wanted to live and was denied medical care that could have saved her was conveniently left out. Why do we need to romanticize assisted death? People who are trying to silence disabled voices should ask themselves that question. Most people agree letting a patient in unbearable suffering choose when they die is compassionate. It shouldn’t NEED a PR push.Perhaps it’s because the powers that be are trying to inoculate the public so they won’t notice when more and more people with treatable conditions and disabilities start dying? So they craft a narrative about how peaceful and joyful it is? No amount of PR or softly lit videos can change the fact that people with disabilities are dying who don’t WANT to die. People are fighting for years for medical care - being denied and left to suffer - and then presented with MAiD as the “solution”. I’m in no way suggesting we not allow people the right to die - but we MUST centre the voices of those most at risk of harm and abuse. We can’t keep dismissing the concerns of disabled people just because we MAY want the option when our time comes. The lack of outrage over deaths like “Kat” show how little respect there is for the lives of disabled people. How many people think we’re “better off dead” and are certain if they became disabled - they wouldn’t want to live You can’t possibly know what you would want until it happens to you. Many people think disability is worse than death - until it happens to them. Then they realize that we can and do have full lives and WANT to keep living them. Until you’ve gone through it - you shouldn’t presume to tell us how to feel about it. I don’t judge others for wanting the option - don’t judge me for calling out the ways it puts me at increased risk of coercion, loss of medical care and premature death.We must hold the system accountable. If someone can be helped - we have a moral responsibility to at least TRY and help them before shepherding them to their death. If more people realized the dangers of coercion - and cared about disabled lives - there would be more outage.Please listen, learn & put aside your hypothetical scenarios - we must deal with what is currently happening We have to find a way to protect people like me. People like “Kat”. Those deemed “undesirable” or economically inactive. If we don’t - more of us will die.I support the right to die - but let’s make sure we’re also providing people the right to live.<a href="https://bc.ctvnews.ca/easier-to-let-go-without-support-b-c-woman-approved-for-medically-assisted-death-speaks-out-1.5937496" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bc.ctvnews.ca/easier-to-let-go-without-support-b-c-woman-approved-for-medically-assisted-death-speaks-out-1.5937496</a><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/MAiD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MAiD</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/assisteddying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#assisteddying</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/euthanasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#euthanasia</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ableism</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#discrimination</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/eds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eds</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disability</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/disabilityrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disabilityrights</a>

Darnell Clayton :verified:So the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 will vote for or against legalizing <a href="https://one.darnell.one/tags/Euthanasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Euthanasia</a> soon. Oh wow!👉🏾 Britain set for vote on assisted dying, after emotional debate that has divided lawmakers <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/29/uk/uk-assisted-dying-vote-debate-gbr-intl/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/29/uk/uk-assisted-dying-vote-debate-gbr-intl/index.html</a>

The Japan TimesU.K. Members of Parliament will hold a landmark vote on assisted dying on Friday as they decide whether to allow some terminally ill people to opt to end their own lives. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/29/world/crime-legal/uk-assisted-dying-vote/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/29/world/crime-legal/uk-assisted-dying-vote/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worldnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#worldnews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crimelegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crimelegal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/suicide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#suicide</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#health</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/euthanasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#euthanasia</a>

the roamer"Though some people want the right to die, many of us are still fighting for the right to exist."Campaigner <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/LizCarr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LizCarr</a> on why she opposes the UK Assisted Dying Bill. Don't give doctors the power to decide on who should live and who should die.I remember it from the early covid days: doctors assigning Do Not Resuscitate status to disabled persons, without permission. Ableism poisons all professions. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/28/assisted-dying-bill-vote-mps-disabled-people-liz-carr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/28/assisted-dying-bill-vote-mps-disabled-people-liz-carr</a><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disability</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/AssistedDying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AssistedDying</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/euthanasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#euthanasia</a>

Lore and OrdureThinking About (Assisted) DyingWhen I was really very young – no more than five or six years old – my Grandma, then a sprightly little silver-haired woman in her late sixties, made me make her a promise: That if, when she got older, she ‘went ga-ga‘ or ‘lost her marbles’, I would ‘bump her off’, and ‘put her out of her misery’. It was a promise she reminded me of periodically over the following years. Her greatest fear was losing her identity, her capacity – her very self – to dementia, as she had seen happen to others.Not much more than a decade after this, she died, confused and disorientated, having been unable to recognise me, her own children, or her other grandchildren, for the previous couple of years. Her worst-case scenario made real. Obviously, there was nothing I could have done to fulfil my promise. For all that it wasn’t exactly made freely, or from a place of informed consent, the fact that neither I, nor anyone else, could help spare my Grandma from her worst fear at the end of her life has haunted me.In the UK, we’re talking about assisted dying again, as legislation that would allow terminally ill people to choose to die by self-administering medication under clinical supervision is about to be brought before Parliament. It’s not the first legislation of its sort that has been brought, and previous efforts to decriminalise medically assisted suicide in the UK have failed to pass. The mood music seems different now; who knows, it may be the time.Eight years ago, more or less a decade into my career in veterinary practice, my Dad died from an aggressive form of T-cell Lymphoma. I was with him, at home, when he passed away. (The incredible haste with which he was discharged from hospital with little more than a community DNR form in his hand, and the lack of appropriate support for this, when he expressed a preference to die at home rather than on a ward, is beyond the scope of this piece really: but suffice to say I have never seen the NHS move faster to do anything, ever). In his final few days, he was in a terrible state, unable to eat or drink, distressed and upset and confused and undoubtedly in pain (not to mention horrifyingly thirsty).If I allowed one of my veterinary patients to die like that, I would be struck off (and rightly so).His final few hours, thankfully, were calmer, greatly eased by the care of a wonderful Macmillan nurse (and the great big carrier bag of end of life medication prescribed for this occasion by his GP).This has always seemed to me a straightforward matter of personal choice – of basic bodily autonomy, in fact. I should not – no one should – be required to continue to live if life is unbearable (that notion is outrageous!). In the event I am unable to take the necessary steps to end it quickly and efficiently by my own actions, help should be available (as it should be if I were unable to perform any other basic and necessary task).But.I have listened to disabled and chronically ill friends (and joined their community myself in the past couple of years). I have paid attention to how these systems work in countries that have already implemented assisted euthanasia programmes. I am well aware of the absolutely abysmal state of social care and palliative care in this country. And despite the fact that I still, viscerally, feel that this is a choice *I* would want for myself, I’m genuinely ambivalent about whether I believe a system can be created that doesn’t – by intent or omission – create perverse incentives. In our existing situation in the UK where good quality, humane end of life care is a luxury available only to the very wealthy (and to a lucky but tiny minority who are able to access hospice care), I think the creation of such incentives is almost inevitable.This has been widely discussed already, and I have little new to add here beyond an abiding feeling of discomfort.I do, however, have a personal perspective to bring to bear, and it’s one that I’ve rarely heard in this conversation. A medical doctor, in a TV Vox Pop, said “I trained to be a doctor to save life, not take it.” As veterinary surgeons, euthanasia is an essential part of our toolkit. I have brought many lives to an end. You may not think animal lives are remotely equivalent to human ones – but if you have loved pets of your own you will know how profound and important those relationships can be. For many people (including me) pets are family – for some, their only family. The death of a beloved pet can be just as important and traumatic a bereavement as the loss of a close human family member.Just like doctors, I am caring not just for the dying patient but also for their human family. The emotional intensity and complexity around deciding to end the life of a dearly loved pet is one that many of us have experienced for ourselves. As a veterinary surgeon, I am not merely there as euthanasia technician but as clinical advisor, advocate for the patient’s welfare, and frequently as mediator between the differing opinions of the humans who love them.I have some now well-rehearsed answers that I trot out when one of my more empathetic clients says, often through their tears, “Gosh, this must be hard for you, too.”“Well,” I say, “obviously it’s no one’s favourite part of the job. But I’m not emotionally attached to them the way you are, so it’s easier to see things clearly, to know that it’s the right thing to do, with a bit of distance.” “It’s a blessing, really,” I say, “it’s an incredible privilege to be able to spare our patients from distress and suffering, to release them from pain and let them pass away peacefully.” “I don’t know how human doctors do it,” I might add, depending on the client, “it must be awful not being able to spare their patients, in the end.”And they nod, reassured, I hope, and I tell them again how sorry I am for their loss, that it was the right time, and that this moment, today, awful as it is, isn’t what they’ll remember, in the end. That stronger and happier loving memories will stay with them.I don’t tell them that every single one of these moments extracts a cost. That having a front-row seat – a starring role – at one of the worst moments in peoples’ lives, helping to manage their distress while also managing the practical aspects of administering IV medication to patients who are often confused, distressed, dehydrated, in poor cardiovascular status, is not merely technically challenging but requires a degree of compartmentalisation and self-management which is both difficult and, cumulatively, undoubtedly pretty unhealthy. Ask any veterinary surgeon you know well enough, and they will tell you some of their nightmare stories of euthanasias gone wrong – the memorable, horrifying, and often dangerous events when things don’t go to plan. But for me at least, even the calmest, most straightforward, most necessary and appropriate (not too early, not too late) euthanasia comes with a measurable personal price.I am steadfast in my belief that euthanasia in veterinary practice is an essential part of the toolkit, one of the most powerful things I can do as a practitioner to relieve suffering and distress.But. 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Richard AshwellHidden in plain sight: The lobby group restricting rights in Latin AmericaFounded by members of shadowy Catholic organisation Opus Dei, the AFI has become one of Guatemala’s most influential groupsOver the past decade, the AFI has made its presence felt in debates around a cluster of issues important to the Catholic and most Christian churches: <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/LGBTIQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTIQ</a> rights, <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReproductiveRights</a> including <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#abortion</a>, sex education for children, <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/euthanasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#euthanasia</a>, <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/GayMarriage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GayMarriage</a>, the list goes on.<a href="https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/afi-guatemala-opus-dei-anti-abortion-restrict-rights-latin-america/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/afi-guatemala-opus-dei-anti-abortion-restrict-rights-latin-america/</a><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/LGBT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBT</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rights</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a>

Dave Holland“There can be no safeguards that would prevent an assisted dying law from being abused. It must remain illegal”Also…. There can be no safeguards that prevent kitchen knives, poisons, power and authority, motor vehicles, hammers, baseball bats, hands, boots, rope, chains, chainsaws, guns, physical strength, shoe laces, gaffer taper, many medications, poisons, schools, churches, positions of power, water, electricity, gravity…. from being abused [and leading to death]. They must become illegal.<a href="https://aus.social/tags/VAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VAD</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/VoluntaryAssistedDying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VoluntaryAssistedDying</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Compassion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Compassion</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rights</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Euthanasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Euthanasia</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/20/politics-dangerous-assisted-dying-bill-law-illegal?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/20/politics-dangerous-assisted-dying-bill-law-illegal?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</a>

Broadwaybabyto“Some patients are being euthanized while suffering from untreated mental illnesses & addictions. They’re more likely to come from poor areas & be suffering from inadequate housing, lack of social supports & simple loneliness”This is why disabled people are screaming about MAiD in Canada. It’s a slippery slope - and we’ve slid too far down. Many patients WANT to live and simply can’t access the medical care or social supports they need to survive. Wait times for specialists can be 12-18 months (or longer) but you can be approved to die in three. An eye opening article: <a href="https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/assisted-suicide-is-being-used-to-relieve-people-of-poverty-isolation-and-social-suffering-this/article_656a993e-97a7-11ef-9b7b-4360ce931609.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/assisted-suicide-is-being-used-to-relieve-people-of-poverty-isolation-and-social-suffering-this/article_656a993e-97a7-11ef-9b7b-4360ce931609.html</a><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/MAiD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MAiD</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/euthanasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#euthanasia</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/assisteddying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#assisteddying</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/eugenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eugenics</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ableism</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disability</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/disabilityrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disabilityrights</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/medicalassistanceindying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#medicalassistanceindying</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#healthcare</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/chronicillness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chronicillness</a>

Dave HollandIndeed we should respect her choice. The prevention of end-of-life being appropriately available choices is a recent construct in human history and based on power/authority (largely leveraging religious dogma) and not based on wellbeing of either individuals or community. Way too much suffering is forced on people by preventing their access to gentle and humane end-of-life assistance. It is beyond ironic that we give animals more ‘humane’ care.Also, the article misrepresents how the technology works. It increases the concentration of nitrogen in the capsule from ~78%, replacing oxygen. This is not noticeable to the breather and the lose consciousness calmly and comfortably before they die from a lack of oxygen.<a href="https://aus.social/tags/euthanasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#euthanasia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99/113351633514501098" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99/113351633514501098</a>

Catherine Collingwood Estes"What we’re doing in many cases is the opposite of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/suicide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#suicide</a> prevention." <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/euthanasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#euthanasia</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MentalHealth</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AntiLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiLife</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MAiD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MAiD</a> <a href="https://buff.ly/3zUVaPM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://buff.ly/3zUVaPM</a>

BroadwaybabytoThis is why disability advocates scream about eugenics and coercion. Is medically assisted death really a “choice” when you can’t afford your meds? What if you’re being evicted and can’t find housing? Or in my case - when there MAY be help available but doctors “suggest” MAiD instead?<a href="https://www.chch.com/costly-drugs-push-man-with-cancer-to-apply-for-medically-assisted-death/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.chch.com/costly-drugs-push-man-with-cancer-to-apply-for-medically-assisted-death/</a><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/eugenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eugenics</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ableism</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disability</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/disabilityrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disabilityrights</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/euthanasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#euthanasia</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/AidNotMAiD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AidNotMAiD</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/MAiD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MAiD</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/covidisnotover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#covidisnotover</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/covidisairborne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#covidisairborne</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈It's OK for the State and Money to kill us but if we want to punch out on our own terms it should be as illegal and messy as possible. We don't own our own bodies you see.....<a href="https://news.sky.com/story/several-people-detained-over-death-of-woman-64-in-suicide-capsule-in-switzerland-13221218" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://news.sky.com/story/several-people-detained-over-death-of-woman-64-in-suicide-capsule-in-switzerland-13221218</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Euthanasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Euthanasia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AssistedDying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AssistedDying</a>

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