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MPs vote in favour of historic bill to allow assisted dying after emotional debate (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Zip2@feddit.uk to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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Some progress, finally.

Edit: for the benefit of the tinfoil hat wearers, assisted dying is not the same as euthanasia.

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[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What evidence do you have that the law will become so lax that doctors will aggressively push people to being euthanised?

Canada

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Because "they just will mate. Slippery slope innit." isn't one IMO.

You're just back at the "it's a slippery slope" argument.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Canada literally did it

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Canada literally isn't the UK.

The motion that was passed is nothing like the framework Canada has.

Plenty of countries ban drinking alcohol. You may as well be saying that having restrictions on alcohol for under 18s means it's a slippery slope and it'll be banned here. After all, Saudi Arabia literally did it. America literally did it. Qatar literally did it. Etc.

Like I said, I want evidence. Not slippery slope fallacy. Show me MPs saying they intend to implement the system Canada has.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 3 weeks ago

Moving the goalposts