Ottawa’s MAID Plan Undermines Suicide Prevention
Canada faces a fundamental contradiction between preventing suicide and expanding MAID to people suffering solely from mental illness Canada’s 9-8-8 suicide prevention helpline has received more than 1 million calls and text messages since its launch in late 2023. That averages out to more than 300,000 per year. Yet under current law, Canada is set to expand euthanasia, or medical assistance in dying (MAID), to people with mental illness as their sole underlying condition beginning March 17, 2027. Continue reading Ottawa’s MAID Plan Undermines Suicide Prevention at The Afro News.
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Canada faces a fundamental contradiction between preventing suicide and expanding MAID to people suffering solely from mental illness
Canada’s 9-8-8 suicide prevention helpline has received more than 1 million calls and text messages since its launch in late 2023. That averages out to more than 300,000 per year.
Yet under current law, Canada is set to expand euthanasia, or medical assistance in dying (MAID), to people with mental illness as their sole underlying condition beginning March 17, 2027.
Continue reading Ottawa’s MAID Plan Undermines Suicide Prevention at The Afro News.
