CANADA IS NOW SET TO PROMOTE AND EXPAND
ACCESS FOR THEIR CITIZENS TO PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT SUICIDE
FOLLOWING A SUPREME COURT DECISION THERE THAT SORT OF OVER TURNED
THE NOTION THAT IT COULD BE BLOCKED. PHYSICIAN ASSISTED
SUICIDE SHOULD BE ALLOWED FOR ALL INDIVIDUALS. IT SHOULDN'T BE ABLE
TO BE BLOCKED BASED ON THE PROVINCE 11. THERE ARE SOME
STIPULATIONS HERE. WE SEE THESE IN THE CERTAIN STATES WITHIN THE
US THAT ALSO HAVE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT SUICIDE. WEíLL GET
BACK TO THE PLACES WHERE IT IS LEGAL, BUT THE STIPULATIONS ARE
THAT YOU CANNOT HAVE A SERIOUS MEDICAL CONDITION AND ALSO, MORE
POORLY THAN THAT, YOU CAN'T UNDERGO WHAT CANADA IS REFERRING
TO AS SUICIDE TOURISM. THIS IS APPARENTLY A REAL PHENOMENON
BECAUSE INDIVIDUALS WHERE IT IS NOT LEGAL IN THEIR COUNTRY TO
EITHER HAVE DEATH WITH DIGNITY OR HOWEVER YOU DEFINE IT.
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT OR EUTHANASIA THEY WILL GO TO
COMPANIES WHERE IT IS ILLEGAL INTO THE DEED THERE. A LOT OF
COUNTRIES ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BLOCK THAT FROM
HAPPENING IN THIS NEW LAW ACTUALLY HAS THIS INTENDED
CONSEQUENCE BUT FOR SOME PEOPLE IT SAID BUMMER UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCE WHICH IS THEY WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BLOCK
AMERICANS FROM USING THE LAW.
WAS USED IN ANY FORM OF MEDICINE. PLASTIC SURGERY,
SOME PLACES IT'S CHEAPER BECAUSE REGULATIONS ARE LOWER OR IF
DRUGS ARE TREATED CHEAPER. IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS
REQUIRED FOR LIFE ESPECIALLY IF IT IS HEALTH-RELATED AND IS
VERY EXTENSIVE TO BEGIN WITH, PEOPLE TRAVEL ABROAD TO SEE
GET OUT. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT IS AWKWARD TO TALK ABOUT AS
YOU IMPLIED YOUR INTRO. IT'S LIKE TALKING ABOUT
ABORTION. PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES GET UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE THAT'S
I LOVE TALKING ABOUT ABORTION.
IS THE BEST. MAYBE WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN THIS HOUR. MAYBE
THIS IS ONE OF THE POSITIONS WHERE I GUESS IN THE
LIBERTARIAN ON. AS UNCOMFORTABLE AS IT IS, I'VE NEVER KNOWN
ANYONE WHO ACTUALLY COMMITTED SUICIDE, I'VE KNOWN PEOPLE
MY FAMILY WHO AS IT ATTEMPTED AND IF IT SUCCEEDED IT
WOULD'VE BEEN DEVASTATING. ALL OF THAT IS TRUE SOCIALLY. I
DON'T SEE WHAT PLACE THE GOVERNMENT HAS IN ANY WAY
TO STOP PEOPLE FROM DOING IT IF THEY WANT TO DO IT.
IT FEELS A LOT LIKE ENFORCE MORALITY TO AN EXTENT. THAT'S
NOT REALLY YOUR PLACE TO DO. THIS REMINDED ME A LOT OF THE
BRITTNEY MAYNARD STORY. SHE WAS A WOMAN WHO HAD STATES FOR
GLIOBLASTOMA AND SHE WANTED TO TAKE HER OWN LIFE AND DIED
BECAUSE SHE KNEW THAT HER DISEASE WOULD DEFINITELY KILL
HER AND THERE WAS NO OUT OF IT, AND SHE DID EVENTUALLY TAKE HER
OWN LIFE. I THINK THROUGH BARBITURATES PRESCRIBED FROM HER
DOCTOR AND IT SEEMED LIKE THE BEST WAY FOR HER TO CHOOSE TO
LIVE OUT THE REMAINDER OF HER OWN LIFE.
IT'S A LITTLE SILLY THAT IT IS AGAINST THE LAW CONSIDERING
THAT THE PERSON WHO IS ACTUALLY OFTEN DOING IT CAN'T FEEL THE
RAMIFICATIONS OF BREAKING THE LAW. THE PROBLEM IS THE
PHYSICIANS CAN AND THE PHYSICIANS IN CERTAIN AREAS CAN
GO TO PRISON OR BE FINED, FAMILY MEMBERS CAN GO TO JAIL FOR EVEN
THOUGH THE WISHES OF THEIR FAMILY MEMBER. IT'S INTERESTING
BECAUSE I THINK WE ARE STARTING TO HAVE AN ENLIGHTENED VIEW OF
DEATH WITH DIGNITY ACROSS THE GLOBE. I THINK IT'S A GOOD TIME
TO PULL UP THAT GRAPHIC. YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT
COUNTRIES WHERE DEATH WITH DIGNITY ARE LEGAL. AND SOME OF
THESE, THEY QUALIFY AS ASSISTED SUICIDE AND SOMETIMES THEY CALL
IT EUTHANASIA BECAUSE IN CERTAIN COUNTRIES YOU ACTUALLY REQUIRE A
PHYSICIAN TO DO IT. WE'VE GOT ALL OF THE IS: WE JUST SAW
LEGISLATION PASSED RIGHT HERE IN CALIFORNIA BUT HASN'T BEEN
ENACTED YET. HASN'T BEEN ENACTED YET IN CANADA, THE VOTE
HAS EVEN PASSED YET BUT IT DOES LOOK LIKE NOW THAT TRUDEAU IS IN
POWER AND THE LIBERAL PARTY HAS A A MAJORITY THERE THAT IT
WILL LIKELY GOT THERE.
ANOTHER THING THAT BOTHERS ME ABOUT THIS IS THAT WE THINK THAT
WE ARE HAVING ONE DEBATE WHEN WE ARE REALLY HAVING A DIFFERENT
ONE. THE DEBATE BETWEEN WHETHER WE CAN MAKE IT ILLEGAL TO KILL
YOURSELF IS FAKE. THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT WE ARE HAVING. YOU
CAN'T STOP A PERSON FROM KILLING THEMSELVES, YOU CAN ONLY STOP IT
FROM DOING IT IN A CLEAN, PAIN-FREE WAY. IF I'M GOING TO
KILL MYSELF, AS I GO ABOUT MY DAY THERE ARE THOUSAND OF HER
WAYS THAT I CAN DO THAT ARE PAINFUL THAT MIGHT LEAD ME TO BE
MAIMED OR MEDICAL EXPENSES FOR MY FAMILY, THEM I TRAUMATIZE MY
FAMILY, YOU CAN'T STOP A PERSON FROM DOING ANY OF THOSE THINGS
THAT YOU CAN ONLY LEGALLY STOP THEM FROM HAVING A
PAIN-FREE, DIGNIFIED DEATH.
IT'S PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE AND LEGAL FOR YOU TO GO INTO A GUN
SHOP AND PURCHASE A GUN WITH WHICH YOU PLAN TO COMMIT
SUICIDE, BUT IT IS NOT LEGAL, NOT YET IN CALIFORNIA, NOT IN
MOST PLACES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, FOR YOU TO GET A PRESCRIPTION
FROM A DOCTOR THAT IS KNOWN TO BE A LETHAL PRESCRIPTION. IT IS
A COMPLICATED ISSUE ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO INDIVIDUALS
THAT ARE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL ILLNESS. INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY
NOT BE IN A POSITION TO MAKE A CLEAR DECISION ABOUT WHETHER OR
NOT SUICIDE IS IN THEIR BEST INTEREST IF THEY ARE NOT OUTSIDE
OF THE ACTIVE EPISODE THAT THEY ARE EXPERIENCING, BUT MANY
PLACES THAT HAVE ASSISTED SUICIDE LAWS IN THE BOOKS
ALLOWING IT, I THINK ARE STILL TOO STRINGENT, BECAUSE THEY
REQUIRE JUST LIKE YOU WERE REFERENCING OFTEN TIMES YOU HAVE
HAVE A FATAL IN ILLNESS, YOU HAVE 70 FROM YOUR DOCTOR THAT
YOU ARE LIKELY TO PASS AWAY WITHIN SOMETHING LIKE SIX
MONTHS. THERE'S USUALLY AN ARBITRARY LINE IN THE SAND. FOR
ME I THINK THAT LINE IS KIND OF TOO FAR IN ONE DIRECTION. FOR
EVERYBODY THOUGH, THERE IS A LINE. THERE HAS TO BE. WE THE
NICER PETS, AND WE SEE THAT AS A MORAL IMPERATIVE. WHEN WE HAVE
A DOG OR A CAT THAT IS SUFFERING AND THEY ARE IN A LOT OF
PAIN, WE ACTUALLY THINK IT'S IN MORAL NOT TO PUT THEM DOWN AND
THAT IS AN ORGANISM THAT CAN'T TELL US WHAT THEIR WISHES ARE.
I THINK THERE IS A SOCIAL LINE. I THINK THAT IF
FAMILIES WANT TO PUT PRESSURE ON SOMEONE TO NOT DO IT I
THINK THAT IS TOTALLY FINE. IF DOCTORS DON'T WANT TO BE FORCED
TO DO IT BECAUSE THEY THINK THAT A PERSON COULD BE TEMPORARILY
MENTALLY DISTRAUGHT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT I THINK THEY
SHOULD BE FIND TO DO THAT, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I JUST
DON'T SEE WHAT RIGHT WE HAVE ñ THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T HAVE
A RIGHT TO STOP YOU FROM RUINING YOUR LIFE. WE CAN RUIN OUR LIVES
IN ALL SORTS OF WAYS AND IT'S THE FAMILY AND FRIEND THAT IS
SUPPOSED TO STOP YOU FROM GOING INTO HORRIFIC RELATIONSHIP,
STARTING INTO A CAREER THAT YOU'RE GOING TO FAILING, THOSE
SORTS OF THINGS CAN THE CAN RUN YOUR LETTER IN JULY, THAT'S
WHAT FAMILY AND FRIENDS JOB. IT'S NOT THE GOVERNMENT'S JOB.
IN MOST EXAMPLES IN WHICH ASSISTED SUICIDE HAS BEEN
LEGALIZED OR ALLOWED, IT'S NOT LIFE RUIN OR DIES BECAUSE
THEY'RE AN ABSOLUTE PAIN. THEY ARE IN AGONY IN THIS IS THE BEST
WAY OUT. THE IDEA THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO PUT MY RELIGIOUS
VIEWS ñ THIS IS PURELY A RELIGIOUS ISSUE THAT WE KNOW
THIS IS THAT THIS IS LEGIT FLEETING MORALITY FROM A
FUNDAMENTALLY RELIGIOUS PLACED I THINK WE HAVE TO MOVE PAST DOING
THAT I WOULD ACTUALLY PUSH YOU ONE STEP FURTHER AND SAY THAT I
DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE OKAY FOR A DOCTOR TO SAY THAT HE WILL
NOT ADMINISTER THIS MEDICATION UNLESS THERE IS SOME SORT OF
QUALIFICATION THAT YES THERE IS A MENTAL INSTABILITY AND
BASICALLY THE PARAMETERS IN WHICH YOU CAN PRESCRIBE AREN'T
THERE. THIS IS THE SAME AS THE DOCTOR TRYING TO SAY HE DOESN'T
WANT TO GIVE ME HIS BIRTH CONTROL. I DON'T CARE WHAT
YOUR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS ARE, YOU RESPECT THAT I DO NOT HAVE THEM.
I THINK THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF
DOCTORS. I'M NOT SURE EVERY DOCTOR SHOULD BE FORCED TO.
LIKE NOT A PODIATRIST.
I AGREE.
NORMALLY I'M A DISTANCE DENTIST FOR CHILDREN BUT
I'LL HELP YOU WITH THIS.
THINGS OR BRING LEVITY INTO THE CONVERSATION.
NOT EVERYTHING HAS TO BE A DOWNER.
DOES IT SEEM LIKE ON THE PANEL WE ALL AGREE WITH
THIS LEGISLATION.
I DON'T THINK COMMITTED SUICIDE IS THE DECISION
PEOPLE FLIPPANTLY MAKE. A LOT OF THE TIME WE HEAR ABOUT
ABORTION AND PEOPLE SAY THAT WOMEN WILL GO AROUND AND DO
IT AND IT IS NOT A DECISION YOU MAKE BECAUSE YOU LOVE
ABORTIONS THAT IT'S BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT
THERE IS FUNDAMENTALLY WRONG THAT YOU NEED TO TAKE CONTROL OF
YOUR OWN LIFE IN YOUR OWN BODY AND MAKE THAT DECISION YOURSELF.
I THINK IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE VERY CLEAR THAT WE
ARE OBVIOUSLY NOT ADVOCATING FOR SUICIDE. THERE ARE PLENTY OF
EXAMPLES IN WHICH INDIVIDUALS WHO MIGHT THINK THAT THIS IS THE
BEST OPTION HAVEN'T LOOKED AT ALL OF THE OPTIONS
AVAILABLE, SO COURSE I THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT
IF YOU ARE HAVING QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS THAT YOU SEEK
OUT A SUICIDE PREVENTION HOTLINE AND LEARN WHAT ALL OF YOUR
OPTIONS ARE. THAT BEING SAID, I THINK THIS IS A
FUNDAMENTAL, HUMAN RIGHT THAT IT IS A CIVIL RIGHT. IT'S
ABOUT DYING WITH DIGNITY, AND I AM AN ADVOCATE FOR ALLOWING
THAT WITHIN THE LEGISLATURE DIETS HIM WAS ONE OF THOSE
THINGS RIGHT DON'T THINK THERE SHOULD BE LAWS THAT PREVENT
PEOPLE FROM DOING THINGS THAT ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO THEM.