Canada to indefinitely exclude mental illness as sole condition from medical assistance in dying
Canada will advance legislation indefinitely excluding people whose sole condition is mental illness from medical assistance in dying.
OriginalSourceBBCUnited KingdomLeanCenterCredibilityPublished16:32 UTCRatings: AllSides, MBFCSourceBBCUnited KingdomLeanCenterCredibilityPublished16:32 UTCRatings: AllSides, MBFC
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Canada suspends expansion of assisted dying to mental illness
Key points
- Canada will indefinitely suspend plans to expand MAiD to those with mental illness as the sole condition.
- Justice Minister Sean Fraser cited lack of consensus on eligibility as the reason.
- A federal court case challenges the government's delay in access to Maid for mental illness.
- The March 2027 target for expansion is now scrapped; new law to suspend expansion indefinitely.
- The government intends to allow advance requests for those with progressing incurable illness, where possible.
Other reports
- SourceSouth China Morning PostHong KongLeanCenterCredibilityRatings: AllSides, MBFCRead at South China Morning PostSourceSouth China Morning PostHong KongLeanCenterCredibilityRatings: AllSides, MBFCRead at South China Morning Post
“Canada will not allow assisted suicide for those with only mental illness”
- SourceThe GuardianUnited KingdomLeanCenter-leftCredibilityRatings: AllSides, MBFCRead at The GuardianSourceThe GuardianUnited KingdomLeanCenter-leftCredibilityRatings: AllSides, MBFCRead at The Guardian
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Canada will advance legislation indefinitely excluding people whose sole condition is mental illness from medical assistance in dying.