Category: physician assisted death

Opponents of Assisted Suicide Express Alarm at Committee Report Recommending MAID for ‘Mature Minors’

February 16, 2023
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Opponents of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) expansion are expressing alarm about a new report on MAID with 23 recommendations, including one that the federal government offer assisted suicide to “mature minors” if they face a natural death that is “reasonably foreseeable.” The report, “Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada: Choices for Canadians,” was tabled…

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Canada Provides More Organs From Assisted Suicide Recipients for Transplant Than Any Other Country

January 17, 2023
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Canadian patients who opt for euthanasia provide more transplant organs than any other country globally that allows physician-assisted suicide, according to the first international review of medical assistance in dying (MAID). Patients in Canada who decide to end their lives with physician help also contributed to almost half of the world’s documented organ transplants occurring…

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Government Agent Who Suggested Assisted Suicide to Veterans No Longer Employed in Department

December 21, 2022
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An employee of Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) who allegedly suggested military veterans consider euthanasia is no longer employed by the department. Erika Lashbrook Knutson, spokesperson for Minister of Veterans Affairs Lawrence MacAulay, said privacy rules prevent the government from disclosing whether the female employee was fired or resigned. She was first suspended. “We had to follow to…

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