We had a "debate" in a nursing class about MAID, most of the people were on the side of pro-assisted suicide and cited stuff like "well, the only reason you would be against it is religious reasons so you should put that to the side when you go into work."

I and a few others have secular reasons to be skeptical of MAID. The reason it was brought in was because the old system of keeping bodies alive forever regardless of what the person inside it may have wanted was morally wrong and unconstitutional (it was previously illegal until 2016 to assist someone in suicide). There are definitely a few conditions that I would want MAID prior to becoming so weak or in pain that I would be stuck in bed until I died from aspiration or something horrible like that.

But it's current implementation is bad, there's been too many people who have taken MAID because they were poor and couldn't get supports from the government like adequate housing that meets their needs. And giving people with mental health illnesses MAID is giving my the same vibe - rather than providing support and funding they'd simply rather let you kill yourself in a totally abstracted and rationalized way (like foucaults transition from public torture to prison). I don't agree with it, but I also know why someone suffering from some permanenent illnesses may not choose to live while being unable to actually carry out the act.

I feel pretty bad about the whole thing. Meanwhile, I've had and seen patients who essentially chose MAID by just refusing everything until they died and that shit can be unjustifiable painful if they're really set on dieing.