End-of-life rights advocates prioritize advanced requests for medically-assisted death, following passing of Bill C-39

Bill C-39 adds another year before Canada’s MAID regime expands to allow individuals suffering solely from mental illness to request medically assisted death.

Justice Minister David Lametti said he believes that the one-year extension of the temporary exclusion of eligibility for persons whose sole medical condition is a mental illness 'will provide sufficient time to ensure our health care system protects those who may be vulnerable and support autonomy and freedom.'The Hill TImes photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY JESSE CNOCKAERT

March 13, 2023

Pushing for changes to the Criminal Code to allow people to request medical assistance in dying (MAID) before they lose capacity to do so will be a priority, say end-of-life rights advocates, since an expansion of MAID law to cover those suffering solely from mental ill...

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