‘These are real people’: medical ethicist urges Parliamentarians to dig deeper on inappropriate MAiD applications

Amid growing concerns Canada has ‘put the cart before the horse’ on medically assisted dying, proponents argue that Canada can't discriminate against those diagnosed with mental illness from accessing MAiD.

Trudo Lemmens, a University of Toronto Scholl Chair in Health Law and Policy, has testified before Parliament's special joint committee on medical assistance in dying and says he's concerned by the 'hostile' attitude he and his other colleagues have experienced while providing testimony critical of the current legislation and the planned expansion to Canadians solely diagnosed with a mental illness next year. Screenshot courtesy of ParlVu

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BY STUART BENSON

August 22, 2022

As reports about Canada's medical assistance in dying law garner ever more attention from international human rights organizations, disability advocates and academics are urging the joint committee examining medical assistance in dying to stop dismissing the lived exp...

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