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Getting Away With Murder // Beware the MAID

JL;DR SUMMARY Avi Shafran critiques the expansion of Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) laws, highlighting a worrying trend towards normalizing euthanasia for non-terminal and mentally ill patients. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish EthicsNew YorkCanadaMental IllnessLawEuthanasiaInsuranceMaidAssisted DyingLife Value

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Canada
"That year alone, more than 200 Canadians without dire prognoses availed themselves of the countrys MAID program."
Belgium
"In Belgium and the Netherlands, a persons claim of intolerable suffering is sufficient for accessing doctors help in ending their lives."
Netherlands
"In Belgium and the Netherlands, a persons claim of intolerable suffering is sufficient for accessing doctors help in ending their lives."
New York, United States
"Now, New Yorks own Medical Aid in Dying Act has been approved by both state legislatures and currently sits on the desk of Governor Kathy Hochul, awaiting her signature or veto."
California, United States
"In 2015, a California mother of four named Stephanie Packer was told by her health insurance company that chemotherapy drugs prescribed by her doctors would not be covered."
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