• Cethin@lemmy.zip
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    5 months ago

    Being apprehensive about something you don’t understand is perfectly acceptable and understandable. Taking away people’s choice to make an informed decision for themselves with their doctor because of the apprehension is not acceptable (or it shouldn’t be at least).

    Every medical procedure has consequences, as does the forgoing of such procedure. The decision should be left for each individual to decide for themselves, not a government making medical decisions for all people while being ignorant of their situation.

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      5 months ago

      Taking away people’s choice to make an informed decision for themselves

      These are children we’re talking about. We don’t allow them to make decisions for themselves, informed or otherwise, for lots of things. Parents often cannot be trusted to make the right decisions for their children either.

      not a government making medical decisions for all people while being ignorant of their situation.

      We also don’t let doctors make many medical decisions. The medical industry is incredibly-highly regulated, regardless of what region we’re talking about. Doctors and hospitals care about money more than anything, like most humans. They will do whatever you want for the right price.

      The government makes rules to protect its’ citizens from harm. You can argue that they made the wrong decision, but to argue that they shouldn’t be allowed to make any decisions is nothing short of anarchy.

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          Hospitals and doctors are pretty universally part of the National Health Service, it’s not really about money.

          Hospitals and doctors in the UK are all volunteers?

          I’m also 100% in favour of anarchy though so I don’t know if there’s any point in discussing anything further with you.

          Well that’s something we can agree on.

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        5 months ago

        As an anarchist, yeah that’d pretty much be anarchy.

        We couldn’t have people make decisions for themselves I guess! We have to make sure those rich elites in control of the government are there to protect us from our total stupidity. /s

        Of course there need to be regulations. The procedure needs to be tested to be safe on humans (which it has, to a higher degree than many other medicines), and the parents/guardians would need to reach a decision with their child and with a licensed medical professional.

        Government officials aren’t licensed medical professionals. They shouldn’t be making that decision. They should lay out the groundwork for licensing and medical testing and leave the actual results and decisions to the professionals and the patients.

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          We couldn’t have people make decisions for themselves I guess

          Some people, sure. Lots of people, absolutely not.

          We have to make sure those rich elites

          LOL that’s rich. How do you think those people became rich elites? By taking advantage of people who make poor decisions.

          Of course there need to be regulations.

          I’m getting A LOT of mixed signals here… You’re an anarchist, in favor of regulations? How does that work?