Canada has indefinitely postponed plans to allow people whose sole medical condition is a mental illness to access medical assistance in dying (MAID) , following concerns about whether safeguards are sufficient to protect vulnerable people. The federal government announced the decision on Wednesday, abandoning plans to extend eligibility from March 2027.
It is too early to assess what will happen now that Bill C-218, the private members bill that was sponsored by Tamara Jansen (MP) was defeated in parliament by a vote of 187 to 141 on October 7. Bill C-218 would have amended the Criminal Code to prevent euthanasia for mental illness as a sole […] The post Canadian Parliament Defeats Bill to Ban Euthanasia of Mentally Ill People appeared first on LifeNews.com .
Presentation at the EPC Press Conference on October 7 in support of Bill C-218 Dr Paul Saba My name is Dr Paul Saba. I am a family physician in Lachine Quebec.
American culture works hard to hide death, from body bags to lethal injection. But obscuring death obscures essential truths about human nature, and it has made an oxymoron like "euthanasia" seem plausible.
Presentation at the EPC Press Conference on October 7 in support of Bill C-218 Odile Marcotte Je m'appelle Odile Marcotte et suis professeure retraitée de l'Université du Québec à Montréal et ancienne directrice adjointe du Centre de recherches mathématiques. Je suis de très prés le débat sur l'euthanasie depuis 2010 et suis membre du Conseil de la Coalition pour la prévention de l'euthanasie.
Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Alex Schadenberg It is too early to assess what will happen now that Bill C-218, the private members bill that was sponsored by Tamara Jansen (MP) was defeated in parliament by a vote of 181 to 147 on October 7. Bill C-218 would have amended the Criminal Code to prevent euthanasia for mental illness as a sole criteria.
Mental illness will not be allowed as the sole reason for medical assistance in dying, but Carney’s government wants to make it easier to get advance approval, writes Rupa Subramanya.
“While there is not a perfect consensus on this issue, we believe this is the correct approach at this particular time.” The post Canada drops plan to allow euthanasia for mental illness first appeared on Angelus News .
Legislation will be introduced in the coming weeks to stop the expansion of Medical Assistance in Dying to those with mental illness; meanwhile, a Conservative bill banning mental illness as the sole reason was defeated.
The Canadian MAID euthanasia program has killed more than 100,000 people and it’s morally repugnant – deserving the condemnation it has earned. But reportedly it will not be extended to mentally ill people – at least according to a government announcement.
The Canadian government said it would indefinitely extend the prohibition on medical assistance in dying where mental illness is the sole underlying condition
Euthanasia deaths in Queensland, Australia, have increased by 57.14% in two years as a record 836 people died in 2025-26, amid calls from the official review board to consider changing the eligibility criteria. According to the ‘Queensland Voluntary Assisted Dying Review Board Annual Report’, there were 532 euthanasia deaths from 1 July 2023 to 30 […]
Two psychiatrists have penned an op-ed in the The New York Times explaining why they no longer fully support Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) program, saying that it is no longer the "last resort" it was meant to be.
'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
Justin Trudeau's Canada made euthanasia so routine that it claimed more than one in every 20 deaths in 2024. On October 7, 2026, Canada's House of Commons votes on whether to...
Tanis Cortens: Canadian advocates of euthanasia assert that the procedure lives up to its name as a “good death,” providing a serene, elegant, and even humane way of ending suffering. Dying With Dignity Canada explains the process as follows: “The provision of medical assistance in dying (MAID) in most of Canada is by intravenous administration [...] The post Euthanasia likely a torturous death similar to U.S.
Mary Zwicker, European Correspondent: The United Kingdom House of Commons has voted down the latest attempt at legalizing assisted suicide in England and Wales. On Sept.
A woman in her 70s who felt she no longer offered value to her family because she lost her cooking ability was reportedly approved for euthanasia in Canada, prompting doctors in Toronto to raise alarm at the ease with which Canadians can undergo physician-assisted suicide.
Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition The Belga News reported on October 7, 2026 that almost 25% of all Belgium euthanasia deaths are people who are not terminally ill. Belga News reported: Almost a quarter of euthanasia cases in Belgium involve patients who are not terminally ill, meaning their death is not expected in the near future.
Campaign Life Coalition is asking Canadians to contact MPs ahead of an October 7 vote on a bill that would prevent assisted suicide's expansion to those experiencing any form of mental illness.
Assisted suicide is ‘no longer an option of last resort,’ two psychologists wrote in the New York Times, adding that ‘too many’ are not given ‘the opportunity for careful reflection.’
'(A)ssisted death is no longer an option of last resort. Too many people are receiving the procedure without the opportunity for careful reflection about it with a health provider,' two psychologists wrote in The New York Times.
On August 19, France made it legal for doctors to kill the seriously ill. On September 27, the first American pope arrived at Lourdes, the French shrine famous for miraculous healings.