Experts fear husband got wife euthanised even though she backed out because he was burned out

Too Fast, Too Soon? Canada's Medically Assisted Suicide Cases Reveal Potential Coercion, Rushed Decisions

Official report of Medical Assistance in Dying cases reveal troubling story of elderly woman who wanted palliative care was euthanized at the request of her husband.

John Carpay: Canada Needs to Urgently Provide Life-Affirming Responses to End-of-Life Suffering

Commentary After Parliament legalized assisted suicide in 2016, 2,838 Canadians killed themselves with the help of doctors the following year. By 2024, that number had risen almost six-fold to 16,499. Assisted suicide (euphemistically mischaracterized as medical assistance in dying, or MAID) is now the fourth-largest cause of death in Canada, accounting for 5.1 percent of Canadian deaths in 2024, and a shocking 7.9 percent of deaths in Quebec. A…

Canadian Woman Euthanised “Against Her Will” After Husband was Fed-Up With Caring For Her

by Will Jones, Daily Sceptic: An elderly woman was euthanised “against her will” within hours of her husband claiming she changed her mind after insisting she wanted to live. The Mail has the story. Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying laws allow patients to request a painless death if an assessor agrees their terminal condition meets certain requirements. Patients […]

'Euthanized Against Her Will' Is a Funny Way to Say the State Murdered Her

A controversial case of a woman euthanized in Canada raises ethical concerns about assisted dying.

Experts fear husband got wife euthanised even though she backed out because he was burned out

A case study on choosing painless death has emerged from Canada in which an old woman was euthanised even though she asked to cancel it. Members of a committee think her husband likely pressured her because of his own burnout.