
Assisted deaths may soon be a reality for those suffering from mental illness in Canada
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Canada is divided over a new law that would allow patients suffering from mental illness the option to request an assisted death.
Canada already offers the option to terminally and chronically ill patients.
Bill C-7, which passed in March 2021, acknowledged that "further consultation and deliberation are required to determine whether it is appropriate and, if so, how to provide medical assistance in dying (MAID) to persons whose sole underlying medical condition is a mental illness."
On February 2, 2023, the federal government announced plans to delay MAID eligibility for people whose sole medical condition is mental illness until March 17, 2024, according to Dying with Dignity Canada.
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