Your Autonomy Could be Destroyed via State Laws
It was reported by ABC News on June 4, 2019, that a vote took place in the city of San Francisco to begin a pilot program to force medical treatment and institutionalization on homeless civilians. [1]
“Several members of the Board of Supervisors voiced deep concerns Tuesday about the possibility of taking away a person’s civil liberties, but the proposal for a pilot program passed 10–1.”
The Mayor of San Francisco and others call this “conservatorship”, this is a pretty word for a legal concept where a guardian is allowed to be appointed by the state to manage the affairs of other human beings. Sometimes the state becomes the guardian while other times it’s an individual. While this is sometimes appropriate, there are times when it’s not and there is immense potential for abuse and exploitation when it comes to laws such as these. This is not an isolated occurrence. A trend has been emerging in the United States where policy-makers have been passing civil commitment laws which makes it easier for the state to take away an American citizens’ right to autonomy and self-determination.
Civil Commitment
There are many laws that have been passed at the state level that have to do with civil commitment. Civil commitment is the involuntary institutionalization of individuals.
