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Assistance in suicide, related legislation and objections to such practices.
The government has debated expanding its medical assistance in dying program for those suffering solely from mental health issues.
Read →The Canadian government said it would indefinitely extend the prohibition on medical assistance in dying where mental illness is the sole underlying condition
Read →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 […]
Read →Canada had planned to expand its medically assisted dying law by March 2027 to cover people who have mental illness as their sole condition.
Read →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.
Read →'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
Read →American culture works too hard to hide the effects of death. Trained professionals conceal dead bodies in large bags.
Read →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.
Read →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.
Read →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.
Read →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.
Read →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.’
Read →In June 2025, British lawmakers voted 314 to 291 to pass an assisted suicide bill. On September 11, 2026, the House of Commons voted on a nearly identical bill.
Read →Doctors who helped write guidelines for medically assisted death also describe a Holocaust survivor who delayed the procedure and continued a meaningful life
Read →Interim Staff: Bill C-218, the private member’s bill introduced by Tamara Jansen (Cloverdale-Langley City), that if passed would prevent Medical Assistance in Dying for those whose sole criteria is mental illness, is scheduled to be voted on in the House of Commons on Oct. 7.
Read →Since 2016, over 100,000 Canadian lives have been claimed by assisted suicide. The system has created no shortage of tragic tales: a 26-year-old with depression “ shopped around ” for a doctor to sign off on his death; a disabled man applied for medical assistance in dying because he feared going homeless; multiple veterans have been offered MAiD on the phone while attempting to access healthcare.
Read →Opponents of government-backed assisted suicide have rightly argued that the program always, invariably, leads to a slippery slope of government-backed euthanasia. Those opponents have been proven right time and again, but no more so than with Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) program.
Read →Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Dr Gary Rodin Dr Gary Rodin and Dr Madeline Li, who are both professors of psychiatry at the University of Toronto, co-wrote an article that was published in the New York Times on October 5 titled: Assisted Death is not a choice of last resort in Canada. Rodin and Li begin the article by explaining that both of them work with patients with advanced cancer, both have counselled and assessed patients for the "procedure" and one of them has administered the drugs (poison) to end a persons life.
Read →The former TV personality, Dame Esther Rantzen, died at home with her family months after ceasing cancer treatments.
Read →Draconian COVID restrictions may have forced the public to question whether the government and the healthcare system can really be trusted with powers of life and death.
Read →Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Last week I reported on the failed Tennessee lethal injection execution of Christa Pike. I explained how the concerns with failed execution deaths also apply to failed euthanasia and/or assisted suicide deaths.
Read →A grandmother’s disputed death has put Canada’s euthanasia regime under fresh scrutiny, as the Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) program passes 100,000 deaths with a further expansion slated for 2027.
Read →Media Advisory Bill C-218, the bill to prevent MAiD for Mental Illness as a sole criteria, to go to a vote on October 7. Bilingual Press Conference: Wednesday, October 7, at 11 am Parliamentary Press Gallery - Room 135B West Block The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) is hosting a press conference at the Parliamentary Press Gallery in Ottawa on October 7 at 11 am.
Read →This essay was originally published on October 2, 2026 at Stepping Out of the Boat, Ed Mechmann’s Public Policy Blog. It is re-posted with permission of the author.
Read →Wesley J. Smith appeared on the Three Whisky Happy Hour Podcast to discuss the threat to human exceptionalism and dignity posed by assisted suicide and the nature rights movement.
Read →Backlash was swift, with one person commenting, "People should be able to walk into a church at their lowest point and find a reason to keep living."
Read →Though the numbers are alarming, VADRB's report views the increase in deaths as positive, calling assisted dying "highly valued and treasured by Victorians."
Read →Legalized homicide is now the cause of one out of every 20 Canadian deaths. The country’s “medical assistance in dying” regime—MAID—has been in effect for 10 years and has taken an estimated 100,000 lives.
Read →The drugs used in executions are often the same as in assisted suicide/euthanasia; these deaths are often less peaceful and quick than many realize.
Read →On Wednesday, September 30, Tennessee had it’s second consecutive botched lethal injection execution, this time it was Christa Pike. The concerns related to botched execution deaths also apply to botched euthanasia and/or assisted suicide deaths.
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