It is hypocritical that the same liberal crowd that defends a nurse that stands idly by as an old woman collapses clearly dying takes up the battle cry of vnishmartem meod.
I’ll take this one up.
Lomdus: V’Nishmartem certainly doesn’t apply the same when dealing with Shev V’al Ta’ase. All of the end of life seforim agree on this.
S’vorah: We are much more concerned regarding the helpless who made no choice, and less concerned with those who purposefully check themselves into somewhere that will not revive them.
Boich: We are concerned about Yidden. How many Yiddishe children need to die or get permanently injured before you say “enough”? One? Five? Ten? Chazal were mesaken Gezairos even if there was a possibility of Sakana, like eating onions that were left overnight without the “stem”. MBP is certainly more risky than eating a day old onion. If some random old woman wants to die, who am I to stop her?
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When Avraham Avinu did his own Bris, he certainly did not do MBP. Perhaps he used a tube, and probably (IMHO) did not do it at all.
Do I have to bring more?
That being said, I believe the law is wrong and bad policy on the part of the city. Before they start regulating MBP, they should regulate much more dangerous activities like not vaccinating your children and homebirths.