Two women who have suffered from mental illness recently joined a physician at the parliamentary press gallery in Ottawa to explain why medically assisted death should not be made available to the mentally ill.
The media event was held Oct. 3 in support of Bill C-314, two days before the legislation underwent second reading in the House of Commons. The private member’s bill crafted by Conservative MP Ed Fast would remove mental illness as an eligible criteria for medical assistance in dying (MAiD).
