{"id":160745,"date":"2024-06-05T20:14:59","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T20:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/?p=160745"},"modified":"2024-06-05T20:14:59","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T20:14:59","slug":"disabled-canadian-man-says-doctors-keep-pressuring-him-to-get-euthanized-to-ease-burden-on-the-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/disabled-canadian-man-says-doctors-keep-pressuring-him-to-get-euthanized-to-ease-burden-on-the-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Disabled Canadian Man Says Doctors Keep Pressuring Him To Get Euthanized To \u2018Ease Burden on the State\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

A disabled Canadian man says he feels \u201ccompletely traumatized<\/em>\u201d after doctors aggressively pressured him into accepting euthanasia in order to ease the burden on the State.<\/p>\n

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The man, 49-year-old Roger Foley, was featured in a short film by filmmaker Amanda Achtman as part of her Dying to Meet You<\/em> series.<\/p>\n

Foley, speaking from his hospital bed in the video posted on YouTube, said that as he lived his early life as a sick child he was \u201cvery uncoordinated and always tired<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then they didn\u2019t really have a lot of testing of what I ended up being diagnosed with. So, I just thought I\u2019m lazy, I can work through it<\/em>,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Foley grew up with his dad, who was a plumber and a World War II veteran. He recounted that he had \u201ca lot of perseverance<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I guess that rubbed off on me. When he passed away, it was really hard<\/em>,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Foley was asked if he had been offered euthanasia, or medical assistance in dying (MAiD), as it is known to end his life. He confirmed that he had been offered the procedure, which has been legal in Canada since 2016, \u201cmultiple times<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOne time, he asked me, \u2018Do you have any thoughts of self-harm?\u2019 I\u2019m honest with him and tell him, \u2018I do think about ending my life because of what I\u2019m going through, being prevented from the resources that I need to live safely back at home\u2019<\/em>,\u201d Foley said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd from out of nowhere, he just pulls out, \u2018Well, if you don\u2019t get self-directed funding, you can always apply for an assisted, you know what I mean?\u2019 You feel so pillaged<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Foley can\u2019t even function without medication. He\u2019s at the mercy of hospital staff.<\/p>\n

In the video, Foley, who did not disclose the exact nature of his condition, only noting that he could not \u201ceven function<\/em>\u201d without medication and that he is \u201cbedridden<\/em>,\u201d he noted that Canada\u2019s current healthcare system has not helped him to live his life better, but instead caused him more struggles.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s completely traumatized me<\/em>,\u201d said Foley, adding that now \u201cit\u2019s this overlying option, where in my situation when I say I\u2019m suicidal, I\u2019m met with, \u2018Well, you know, the hospital has a program to help you with that if you want to end your life\u2019.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat didn\u2019t exist before MAiD was legalized. But now it\u2019s there. There is not going to be a second within the rest of my life that I\u2019m going to have flashbacks to it, the devaluing of me and all that I am<\/em>,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

Due to Foley\u2019s inability to do basic tasks with the help of another person, he has had to rely on the help of hospital staff for almost everything.<\/p>\n

When it comes to MAiD, he observed that the mainstream narrative that opposition to it only comes from people of faith is nothing but \u201cgaslighting<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the ultimate gaslighting statement. Like I\u2019m not religious, I respect people who are religious. Saying that it\u2019s just religious persons who oppose euthanasia and assisted suicide is completely wrong<\/em>,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Foley observed that when it comes to his future, he has \u201chope<\/em>\u201d that soon he will be able to \u201cbreak through the system<\/em>\u201d so that he can live at home.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat gives me hope is that one day this titanium wall of a system, I\u2019ll be able to, to break through it and get access to the resources that I need and to live at home with workers who want to work with me, and I want to work with them<\/em>,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd we can work as a team. I have a passion to that. Like, I don\u2019t want to give up my life<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

In February, after pushback from pro-life, medical, and psychic health groups, as well as most of Canada\u2019s provinces, the federal government under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delayed its planned expansion of MAiD to those suffering solely from mental illness to 2027.<\/p>\n

The number of Canadians killed by lethal injection since 2016 stands at close to around 65,000, with an estimated 16,000 deaths in 2023 alone, and many fear that because the official statistics are manipulated the number may be even higher.<\/p>\n

Indeed, a recent\u202fStatistics Canada<\/em>\u202fupdate\u202fadmitted\u202fto\u202fexcluding euthanasia from its death totals despite it being the sixth-highest cause of mortality in the nation.<\/p>\n

Recently, a Canadian combat veteran and artillery gunner revealed, while speaking on a podcast with Dr. Jordan Peterson, that the drugs used in MAiD essentially waterboard a person to death.<\/p>\n

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\nJune 5, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

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