Delays threaten MAID expansion
Publisher: In-Sight Publishing
Publisher Founding: September 1, 2014
Publisher Location: Fort Langley, Township of Langley, British Columbia, Canada
Publication: Freethought Newswire
Original Link: https://www.bchumanist.ca/delays_threaten_maid_expansion
Publication Date: February 26, 2024
Organization: British Columbia Humanist Association
Organization Description: The British Columbia Humanist Association has been providing a community and voice for Humanists, atheists, agnostics, and the non-religious of Metro Vancouver and British Columbia since 1982. We support the growth of Humanist communities across BC, provide Humanist ceremonies, and campaign for progressive and secular values.
Delays threaten MAID expansion
The BC Humanist Association is warning that further delays to the expansion of medical assistance in dying (MAID) risk putting Canadian’s end-of-life choices in jeopardy.
The Senate is currently debating Bill C-62, which would delay for three more years the expansion of MAID to individuals whose sole underlying condition is a mental disorder. This is in addition to the multiple delays the government has added to this expansion since Bill C-7 became law in March 2021.
Ian Bushfield, Executive Director, BC Humanist Association:
This government has been absolutely unwilling to meet the Supreme Court of Canada’s 2015 decision that anyone with grievous and intolerable suffering should be able to consent to a medically-assisted death. Once again, people who are suffering are being told to wait even longer with no guarantee that their rights will be recognized.
The BCHA is asking supporters to write their Senators to ask them to defeat the bill and ensure MAID is extended to those with a mental disorder.
Bushfield added, “A three-year delay puts MAID expansion after the next federal election if it happens at all.”
Learn more about MAID and mental disorders.
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