The blind spot on the issue of state-sanctioned assisted suicide just grew exponentially and in the very direction that we have long suggested it would. A 37-year-old woman seeking help for chronic suicidal thoughts was asked if she’d ever considered medically assisted suicide.
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[Kathrin] Mentler was then told by the counselor that the mental health system was “completely overwhelmed,” that there were no available beds, and the earliest that she could talk with an available psychiatrist was November.
[Michelle Gamage reporting for The Tyee] reports what happened next:
‘It was pretty disheartening and made me feel helpless,’ Mentler says. ‘I’m coming here because I’m looking for help, and you’re telling me there is no help.’
That’s when the counsellor asked Mentler if she’d ever considered medically assisted suicide.
Mentler says she was ‘shocked’ and ‘sickened’ because she came to the Access and Assessment Centre for help, ‘not for recommendations on how to kill myself.’
Mental health “professionals” are certified, licensed, and regulated by the government. In New Hampshire, there are a lot of hoops through which you must jump, including exams for different aspects of the treatment you must complete and pass before the state will license you for the privilege. Canada’s gatekeeping appears equally or more exhaustive. There’s nothing wrong with that, but when we say mental health and whose “health” do we mean?
In a centrally planned society or one headed that way like a runaway train, the needs of the state come before all else. In that scenario, it will reflexively encourage the path of least resistance – the one with the lowest overhead. Even after (or because) it has engaged in policy actions that can increase the number of people experiencing mental health issues. Canadian health care is already socialized. The progs and Libs and Dems )oh, my!) like to remark on its affordability. Opponents point out things like wait times, poor service, and bad outcomes, for which we get pushback, but how do you justify this?
[Kathrin] Mentler was then told by the counselor that the mental health system was “completely overwhelmed.
And what is the solution to this woman’s chronic suicidal ideation? Just do it. Kill yourself. We’ll help.
‘That made me feel like my life was worthless or a problem that could be solved if I chose MAiD,’ Mentler says.
To the socialist society, it is worthless, which is the danger. And it is “painless”— for you and them, and not a new idea. In 2019, we reported on a story out of Canada involving the public health system. The cost of treatment was high, so the health professionals suggested assisted suicide, you know, to keep things affordable for the rest of them.
Related: “The Noxious Notion That Killing Is an Acceptable Answer to Human Suffering,”
So-called ethicists have hinted that euthanasia might be a reasonable solution for the economically disadvantaged (who are what, more likely to make things less affordable?).
Meanwhile, in the Netherlands, where this sort of thing has been around for years, they are euthanizing the autistic.
Clinicians with similar ideological inclinations to the ruling class have already hinted that their political opponents might suffer from a mental health crisis. Are the Clinton’s paying them to say that? Talk about simplifying the “or else” in politics.
But that will never happen, Steve.
Yes, it damn well will! China has been doing it for years and harvesting the organs after, something that’s happening in Canada already – minus the democide (give them time).
HT | LifeSite News
