Should any Government allow (pay for through gov insurance and gov policies) assisted suicide for mentally ill people?

I don't think a gov should be assisting suicide at all.  But yes, certainly mentally ill should get more scrutiny. 

Your question does not ask if a government should assist in suicide.  You asked if government should allow it.  Very different questions. 

Sorry. I should have written it better.

Mental illness is treatable.  So is poverty...another reason that government helps by offering suicide. Quite a disgusting policy.  

I find Jane S including many more physical conditions than mental illness. 
To help someone who has gone through literal physical hell and pain just to be alive, with much physical pain that never, ever, goes away, with no hope of getting better  - they have a right to decide upon death with dignity and I find it not disgusting if a government may help the person.

My question.....the government is helping people commit suicide who are suffering from mental illness....no other physical issues.    Yes, Jane S' answer added to the person's symptoms.   But that is not what I asked.  My question is about people who are only dealing with mental health issues.   Should their government help them kill themselves? 

Yes, sorry about all this.

Earlier, I had reread (with retention this time) your original question.
Perhaps you missed my impulsive angry-with-myself 'answer' to your question down there - - I had completely missed the words 'mental illness" in your question before posting all those replies. Then I saw the words.
Then I got angry with myself.

Back to "Life in a Northern Town" by The Dream Academy for me. I'm listening to them now. They always make me feel better, no matter how I'm feeling.



This post was edited by WelbyQuentin at October 21, 2023 12:34 PM MDT

What government is helping mentally ill people commit suicide?

Several governments allow it, but that certainly not the same as providing direct assistance. 

Correct, but after reading the article, this particular person does not have a mental illness, so I'm not sure how the OP conflates mental illness with an autoimmune disease.  

Canada who has government supplied healthcare.....cheaper to kill them than treat them  I guess. 

The article you cited doesn't say anything about mental illness.  The person the article is about has what is likely an autoimmune disease, not a mental illness and the government is not helping her to commit suicide.  

The article was about a woman who does not want to die but the government has already gave the go ahead should she later decide to kill herself because the gov is refusing to pay for treatments she says do work for her pain.  
But while she does not have a mental illness it is an example of the gov offering to kill her instead of treating her. 

Never a need to apologize.  

Whoa - - sorry.
your  EDIT was not on my screen when I replied.

I respect your answer.

You're good, Welby. I just don't like it when mental illness is treated differently than any other illness, thus my original answer. The response to was what triggered my edit. Mental illness is not just one thing just like cancer is not just one thing.

Point well-said.

Thanks for your patience with me, too. You have more with me than I have more myself lately. 

You always fine.  We all post sometimes without completely reading everything. I have added more to the question to clarify.

My only issue with the death penalty is out system sometimes gets it wrong. But I think if their is no question about the killer (dna and video) and it was a purposeful action (no question of self defense,  or accident), why make them spend their life in prison? We are not rehabilitating them. And they have no reason to behave. 
Mental illness is treatable. I know several people who have dealt with it throughout their lives and none of them would have lived long if this was an option at times of regression into depression.