[Cardhu]

Read the whole article

[Paladin2]

UK? HHmmmm.

The issues are still relevant though as Zer0 could soon have us all declared incompetent.

[svcw]

Good grief.
If this woman were pregnant could they force her to get an abortion because she has limited faculties.
Where does this end? Every person could be declared unfit and forced into a surgical procedure.

[Paladin2]

Isn’t she going to die eventually anyway? Taxpayer? Labor voter? Who knows?

[MortMan]

Amazingly, she is competent enough to make all decisions except when she disagrees with the state-employee doctors.

Coming soon to a U.S. government health clinic near you!

[BossLady]

The Kicker -

"The Mental Capacity Act 2005 allows patients to specify in advance the circumstances under which they do not wish to receive further treatment, in legally-binding documents known as "living wills".

"The same law also allows the Court of Protection – a little-known body that previously only dealt with finances – to decide on the "best interests" of those who lack mental capacity and rule on their welfare and medical treatment."

[Myrddin]

Next up...have the judge forcibly committed to a mental institution. If the judge doesn't like it, he can just STFU. Individuals no longer have a choice. The all powerful judiciary is in charge now.

[JusPasenThru]

This is the fault of the previous administration.

[FourPeas]

bump

[Ellendra]

Doctors will be allowed forcibly to sedate the 55-year-old woman in her home and take her to hospital for surgery.

If she is able to live in her own home, she is either competent enough to make her own decisions, or she has a caretaker. There was no caretaker mentioned, so I am left with the conclusion that she was indeed capable of deciding for herself.

If she had requested euthanasia, many people would have cheered her on as she died.

[stinkerpot65]

This is the kind of power that pediatrician groups would love to have over parents. Especially undesirables like gun-owners, bible-readers, homeschoolers, etc...

[ARepublicanForAllReasons]

Read the whole article

I did, and still think it sets a bad precedent. Where does one draw the line between 'mental incapacity' and 'mental competence'? Many would argue (incorrectly) that merely refusing medical treatment is proof enough of mental incompetence.

My Grandmother was diagnosed with cancer twice in mid-life. She recovered through prayer. She finally did develop cancer a third time and died of it - at the age of 91! (with medical treatment)

[TruthConquers]

This is just amazing.

Recently there was an article from the UK about a woman doctor who needed cancer treatment, and needed a new drug that would save her life.

They decided she wasn’t worth it.

And now this?

Little minds with nothing to do but interfere with other people’s lives. Hell on Earth, indeed.

[Clintonfatigued]

I hope this doesn’t come to the U.S.A.

[namvolunteer]

My bipolar brother committed suicide at age 40 because he could no longer take being either heavily drugged or the chaos of trying to live without drugs.
This woman has chosen to accept the outcome of a naturally occuring fatal illness.
That fits within my civil and religious view of acceptable behavior and free will.

[namvolunteer]

I just noticed your Freeper name, Cardhu. That was one of my favorite low-cost single-malt Scotches until I couldn’t find it anymore.
Turns out it’s been bought by Diageo, which has made just about every conceivable PR blunder imaginable in regard to this brand.

[bamahead]

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[Vendome]

Hmmm.....

I don’t agree with forced surgery but we as a society have a duty to care for those who are unable to make decisions.

I think in this instance the right decision was made. Saving a life is important.