Schow said the federal government's failure to build appropriate safeguards into MAID has forced the province to act ...

Canada is considered to have some of the most permissive MAID laws globally, prompting fierce debate over who should qualify for a physician-assisted death. As the law stands, patients qualify if ...

Discover the truth about Canada's euthanasia law and fact-check the viral claim suggesting that babies from impoverished families are being euthanized.

Serious questions have been raised about the implementation and direction of the euthanasia program in Canada known as Medical Assistance in Dying, or MAiD. In line with warnings made in previous ...

Heather Hancock is contending with cerebral palsy and medical professionals who asked if she wanted to opt for medically assisted death. Courtesy of Heather Hancock Heather Hancock suffers from ...

Canada could expand its already controversial assisted suicide program to include terminally ill “mature minors,” according to a recommendation in a new report from the Canadian Parliament’s Special ...

The Canadian government is actively soliciting citizen input for a proposal to legalize “advance requests” in which citizens can pre-arrange to be euthanized at a time when they are unable to consent ...

In 2022, Vafaeian had requested to die under Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), but this was denied. Then, in December, Vafaeian, who was blind in one eye, diabetic and struggling with ...

If you or someone you know is in crisis, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 or the National Alliance on Mental Illness hotline at 800-950-6264. In Canada, if you’re disabled, ...