• hperrin@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    If someone is suicidal, the police have a duty to protect them from themself.

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      7 months ago

      Police have no duty to protect anyone. Literally. There are no laws saying police have to help anyone. Police do not exist to help anyone.

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        7 months ago

        I don’t recognize suicide as something that falls under bodily autonomy. It’s almost always caused by mental health issues and shitty living situations.

        If someone in chronic pain wants to opt for euthanasia, that’s different, and I support it. Their condition can’t be improved, and they’re making the decision with a sound mind.

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          7 months ago

          So… bodily autonomy, but on your conditions?

          Also:

          It’s almost always caused by mental health issues and shitty living situations.

          I doubt that you have a source for that and I doubt there could even be a study for that for the survorship bias alone. Literally, in this case.

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        7 months ago

        If you’re talking about assisted suicide, that is done with a doctor’s assistance, not by setting yourself on fire.