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thucythucy

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3. This is why so many people in the disability rights movement oppose assisted suicide.

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Wed Jun 1, 2022, 07:42 AM

Jun 2022

It's a cheap and easy way for society to deal with the "problem" of disability.

Rather than provide access, decent living conditions, and a place in the community, let's just encourage them all to off themselves.

It works for poor people too.

Check on the Not Dead Yet website for more on this issue.

https://notdeadyet.org/

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Woman seeking medically assisted death citing "abject poverty" gets outpouring of support [View all] Demovictory9 Jun 2022 OP

How fucked up is this?! North Shore Chicago Jun 2022 #1

The system is so fucked AntivaxHunters Jun 2022 #2

This is why so many people in the disability rights movement oppose assisted suicide. thucythucy Jun 2022 #3

This. I do believe MAID must be an option, but as it is now, within the system we have, it becomes WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2022 #4

At the very least we need truly universal health care thucythucy Jun 2022 #5