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Liberals introduce bill to bar MAID for mental illness
The bill will allow advance requests to be made in provinces that have a legislative regime of their own
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Liberals tabling bill to prohibit MAID for mental illness alone on Tuesday
Two weeks ago, Justice Minister Sean Fraser took the unusual step of telegraphing what he expected to put into the bill
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FIRST READING: The most uncontroversial Canadian abortion restriction imaginable (is probably too controversial)
B.C. campaign pledge would pull public funding from elective, third-trimester abortions
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Ramona Coelho: Ottawa keeps mucking up MAID
While it’s a relief that government will no longer approve MAID for mental illness, it is unconscionable that they will add advance requests
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Why Ottawa plans to allow MAID for people incapable of consenting moments before death
Advance requests allowing doctors to administer euthanasia without the person's final expressed consent could be the next MAID battleground
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Chris Selley: The Liberals’ plan for MAID sounds good — if they aren’t bluffing
Until Canada’s mental-health care systems up their game, medically assisted death for mental illness alone is out of the question
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Bill set for this fall will bar people with a sole condition of mental illness from MAID
'While there is not a perfect consensus on this issue, we believe this is the correct approach at this particular time,' Justice Minister Sean Fraser said
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MAID approved for Canadian woman who could no longer cook, say U of T doctors in NYT oped
Doctors who helped write guidelines for medically assisted death also describe a Holocaust survivor who delayed the procedure and continued a meaningful life
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Assisted dying not ‘normal,’ says Pope Leo XIV
Pope Leo XIV stated during his visit to France that assisted dying is not 'normal' and emphasized that causing death should not be regarded as acceptable, even under the guise of compassion. He made these remarks in response to France's recent legislation legalizing assisted dying for certain patients, highlighting that what is legal is not necessarily moral.
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Federal government admits two trans inmates charged with sexual assault after transfer to women’s prisons
The federal government denies that its policy on gender diverse offenders violates female inmates' Charter right to life, liberty, and security of the person
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