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MAiD in Canada delivers accurate, compassionate insights on Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD). Led by nurses Paul and Kim, we address misinformation, share updates, and explore key issues to inform and empower our readers.
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The EPC is at it again: A follow-up to our post, “Incompetence or Dishonesty?” (opens the original)
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On September 16, we asked whether the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) is incompetent or dishonest when they speak, write, and post about Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD). It seems we may now have an answer, directly from the EPC president.The PostYesterday, the EPC posted a video clip on their Facebook page showing a young woman describing the death of her husband. She describes him being strapped down in a “crucifix style” before being administered medication to end his life. In introdu
False Compassion? (opens the original)
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Pope Leo XIV has stated “it is precisely in the name of this inalienable dignity of the human person that we must reject the temptation to cause death under the guise of false compassion.”1 We find that profoundly offensive.The Pope’s statement carries an assumption that he—or, more specifically, Catholic doctrine—gets to decide what compassion is for everyone else, and that any belief that does not align with his is somehow no
Incompetence or dishonesty? (opens the original)
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We always have four or five articles in progress in our drafts folder. Some get published. Some do not. Sometimes we write something simply because we need to get it out of our system, then decide that publishing it would not be especially helpful.This was one of those drafts.We wrote it a couple of weeks ago, angry and frustrated, and then left it sitting there. But then the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition—the EPC—posted a Facebook message admonishing everyone to have “honest conversations abou
The missing voice in a very public story (opens the original)
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For the past nine months, we have watched Kiano Vafaeian’s story be told almost exclusively through the perspective of the media, his family, and vocal opponents of medical assistance in dying (MAiD). We have seen claims that he received MAiD solely because of seasonal depression, hearing loss, or minor visual impairment. His diabetes and it’s complications, if mentioned, have been discussed as though they were not serious, incurable, or potentially life-limiting.1 If people are going to invoke
MAiD and Mental Illness: How We Got Here, and What Canada Still Has to Decide (opens the original)
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In the coming months, you are going to be hearing a lot about MAiD and mental illness. This is an unusually complicated debate. It brings together challenging medical questions, constitutional law, parliamentary decisions and competing views about autonomy, equality and the protection of “vulnerable” people.1 Depending on who is explaining it, you may hear very different versions of what is happening and why.That makes it especially important to understand the full picture: why mental illness is
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