Canada suspends plan to expand assisted dying to mentally ill

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 7 Oct, 18:37 · Archive

Canada has indefinitely postponed plans to expand medically assisted dying to people with mental illness as their sole condition.

Canada has indefinitely paused its planned expansion of medically assisted dying to people whose sole condition is mental illness. The expansion had been scheduled to take effect in March 2027.

The Daily Mail reports that the suspension follows a family's allegation that an 83-year-old woman was euthanised against her will, though further details of this case are not provided in the available reporting.

How it is being reported

• Canada suspends plan to offer medically assisted dying to mentally ill people after family of 83-year-old said she was euthanized against her willCanada had planned to expand its medically assisted dying law by March 2027 to cover people who have mental illness as their sole condition.Daily Mail · 7 Oct, 18:22
• Canada suspends plans to expand assisted dying to people with mental illnessPeople with mental illness alone were to be eligible for assisted dying in Canada in March 2027, but that has now been paused indefinitely.BBC News · 7 Oct, 17:32

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