Disabled Canadian Woman Called Suicide Helpline. It Recommended She Kill Herself in Assisted Suicide

Suicide hotline in Canada encourages disabled woman with PTSD to commit assisted suicide

An impoverished survivor of child abuse suffering from PTSD and chronic pain was told by a Canadian suicide hotline operator that assisted suicide is ‘legit’ and maybe ‘something you should consider.’

Disabled Canadian Woman Called Suicide Helpline. It Recommended She Kill Herself in Assisted Suicide

From my perspective as a disability justice advocate and scholar, assisted suicide is an ableist public policy that furthers systemic violence and trauma, and it is best to nip the USA assisted suicide movement in the bud and not let that movement get its foot in the door. l think that this reality is perhaps best exemplified in the story of my Canadian friend “Amy.” I’ve heard a lot of proponents refer to assisted suicide opponents as “cruel,” …