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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
To anyone? Really?
Suicide is not illegal. What's at issue is to what extent the state and our health care system should facilitate suicide.
Some context: For every suicide death, there are an estimated 25-30 unsuccessful attempts. Fewer than 10 per cent of people who make an unsuccessful suicide attempt go on to die by suicide.
If we make it easy for anyone to reliably and painlessly kill themself, the number of Canadians who die of suicide would increase dramatically, perhaps 10-fold. Would that be a good outcome, in your mind?
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I think it's safe to say that a high percentage of people who get to the point of attempting suicide, aren't doing so in a haphazard choice of the day manner.
Perhaps, if it did increase 10 fold, then that would be a catalyst to make significant changes to support structures for people enduring relentless mental health issues and the like. But in typical fashion we're focusing on "this will make it too easy to die" rather than why are these people choosing this option?