Legislators who want to make medically assisted dying easier for persons with disabilities don’t know the lived realities of disability

It is okay to want to choose death. Autonomy is important. But the fear of disability driving this push for legislated access to death will harm the most marginalized members of the disability community.

Justice Minister David Lametti introduced Bill C-7 in October. Legislators have no real, grounded understanding of how prevalent systemic ableism is in our communities. If they understood this, they would understand that to be disabled and poor in Canada is often to entertain suicidality on a daily basis, writes Sarah Jama.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SARAH JAMA

February 3, 2021

Amidst a pandemic that has disproportionately affected Black, Indigenous, poor, and disabled communities, we’ve barely heard a word about disability issues from our fede...

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