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“When a country or a state legalizes assisted suicide or euthanasia, it can no longer call itself anti-suicide...”
A report by Health Canada says there were 13,241 deaths last year due to MAID, which would have made it the country’s sixth-leading cause of death.
Dan Quayle chose assisted death after he was diagnosed with esophageal cancer and was unable to receive chemotherapy treatments before his health worsened.
A 2015 ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada and a decision by Quebec’s Superior Court in 2019 played key roles in the development of MAID policies in Canada.
The question remains as to what extent addicts may fall under the ’mental illness’ eligibility criteria as MAID expands in Canada.
Canada is moving ahead to make it legal for those suffering from mental illness to use MAID to end their lives.
