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Intentional life-ending practices described as euthanasia or medical assistance in dying.
Barbara Barrie, an Oscar-nominated actress, was euthanized in her home in Manhattan after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. Barrie died at the age of 95, her daughter Jane Harnick confirmed.
Read →Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Canada's euthanasia law allows people to be killed by euthanasia: Even when they do not have a terminal condition, If they have a terminal condition they can be approved and killed on the same day, It permits euthanasia for people who have a treatable condition but are refusing treatment, It permits people who are motivated to die, based on a mental illness (disorder) if they have another medical condition, It permits euthanasia of people who are incompetent, if the person had previously been approved to be killed by euthanas
Read →Canada is looking to modify its current laws on medical assistance in dying to increase safeguards and to prohibit euthanasia on the sole basis of mental illness.
Read →The Canadian government’s Bill C-41 would continue the exclusion of euthanasia access to individuals solely living with a mental illness and decriminalize advance requests.
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Read →Today (October 27) Justice Minister Fraser introduced Bill C-41, titled the: Medical Assistance in Dying Safeguards Act. Justice Minister Sean Fraser and Health Minister Marjorie Michel stated in a press conference on October 7, 2026 that the federal government would introduce legislation, that will prevent the implementation of euthanasia for mental illness, as a sole […] The post Canadian Government Introduces Bill to Expand Euthanasia appeared first on LifeNews.com .
Read →A retired paramedic who has battled severe mental illness for more than five decades has slammed Canada's decision to block people with psychiatric conditions from accessing medically assisted death.
Read →The Canadian government on Tuesday introduced a bill that would allow Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID), Canada’s preferred euphemism for euthanasia, to be conducted on people who have lost the mental capacity to give informed consent for the procedure. The post Canada Considers Bill to Euthanize People Who Cannot Make Rational Decisions appeared first on Breitbart .
Read →Canada legalized doctor-assisted death in June 2016 and promised it was only for the dying. Rose Finlay, a quadriplegic single mom raising two disabled kids, applied for that death in 2023.
Read →Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Fox news recently featured Roger Foley, a Canadian man who is living in a London Ontario hospital for 10 years as he battles to receive self-directed care funding to enable him to be cared for at home. Foley has been offered euthanasia (MAiD) several times and has been denied food for long periods of time.
Read →A bill introduced by Canada's Liberal government that bans euthanasia for mental illness opens the door to assisted suicide without a person's consent, Campaign Life Coalition warned.
Read →Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Key talking points: Bill C-41 prevents euthanasia for mental illness as a sole criteria but it does not provide any effective oversight of the law. Bill C-41 extends euthanasia to people who make an advance request, but the federal government does not have jurisdiction and therefore requires the provinces to make this happen.
Read →Today, the federal government introduced Bill C-41, making changes to Canada’s criminal law around Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). Advance requests Bill C-41, if passed, will legalize advance requests for MAID, meaning persons diagnosed with a serious capacity-limiting illness may outline in writing the circumstances under which a doctor may euthanize them after they lose […] The post Canada Wants to Legalize MAID Without Consent for Mentally Ill Patients appeared first on LifeNews.com .
Read →The bill will allow advance requests to be made in provinces that have a legislative regime of their own
Read →In October 2022, a Canadian clothing retailer turned a young woman's assisted suicide into a dreamy three-minute film. Four years later, Canada's government finally blinked on its plan to offer that...
Read →Pope Leo XIV rejected euthanasia as false compassion in France: you are not a burden. Fr.
Read →Two weeks ago, Justice Minister Sean Fraser took the unusual step of telegraphing what he expected to put into the bill
Read →Euthanasia Prevention Coalition & Physicians for Compassionate Care Preventing Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide Symposium Register for our online Symposium on Saturday, November 14 From ( 10 am ET) (7 am Pacific Time) to (2 pm ET) (11 am Pacific Time) Register for free in advance for the event: ( Registration Link ) Wesley J Smith is Chair and Senior Fellow at Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism . Wesley is a contributor to The Corner at National Review and is the author of more than 14 books, in recent years focusing exclusively on human dignity, liberty, and equality.
Read →The Isle of Man has received Royal Assent for its assisted dying bill, making the British entity the latest to legalize euthanasia.
Read →Key Issues: The Canadian government defeated Bill C-218 and promised to introduce a bill to prevent euthanasia for mental illness as a sole criteria. The bill must become law before March 17, 2027.
Read →Alex Schadenberg Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Key Issues: The Canadian government defeated Bill C-218 and promised to introduce a bill to prevent euthanasia for mental illness as a sole criteria. The bill must become law before March 17, 2027.
Read →In 2024, Canada recorded a world-leading 16,499 deaths under MAiD, or Medical Assistance in Dying, with some patients qualifying although they were not dying. The post Former premier who led Quebec when province OK’d ‘assistance in dying’ now questions its expansion first appeared on OSV News .
Read →Western Australia’s euthanasia and assisted suicide scheme has grown well beyond what was projected, according to the state’s latest annual report. The data raises serious […] The post Western Australia’s assisted dying numbers are 10 times what was predicted appeared first on Family First NZ .
Read →Dr Ramona Coelho, who is a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, an adjunct professor of family medicine at the University of Western Ontario’s Schulich School of Medicine and a past member of the Ontario MAiD Death Review Committee was published by the National Post on October 16 with her article: Ottawa keeps mucking up […] The post This Doctor Was on the MAID Review Committee, And She Admits There’s Problems appeared first on LifeNews.com .
Read →The Archdiocese of Toronto issued a statement calling on Canadians to reach out to Members of Parliament to encourage them to protect the vulnerable with new laws.
Read →Calls have been made for an inquiry into Western Australia’s ‘assisted dying’ laws after it has seen a 243% increase in cases of euthanasia over four years.
Read →Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Dr Ramona Coelho, who is a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute , an adjunct professor of family medicine at the University of Western Ontario's Schulich School of Medicine and a past member of the Ontario MAiD Death Review Committee was published by the National Post on October 16 with her article: Ottawa keeps mucking up MAiD . In her Special to the National Post , Coelho is responding to Canada's federal parliament defeating Bill C-218, the bill that would have prevented euthanasia for mental illness, as a sole
Read →The “death with dignity” campaign is targeting the global aging population, suggesting that taking one’s life is a dignified option and a way not to burden families.
Read →Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Dementia Justice Canada says that they will continue raising concerns with Parliament and other lawmakers about MAiD by advanced request as they develop and consider the proposed legislation. Angelico Dino reported for the Canadian Lawyer on October 13, 2026 that Dementia Justice Canada has serious concerns with euthanasia (MAiD) by advanced request.
Read →Canada has one of the most expansive programs in existence for “medical assistance in dying” (MAiD): With Quebec having the highest proportion of people choosing MAiD worldwide, some call it “the euthanasia capital of the world.” As more than 76,000 people have died through MAiD through 2024 (the latest available report), Catholic and pro-life groups and mental-health advocates have raised objections, especially with an expansion planned for March 2027 that would allow people whose only medical condition is mental illness to be eligible for MAiD. Even The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
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