Euthanasia (news clippings)

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Poll finds assisted-dying limits wanted

by Daniel LeBlanc

Globe and Mail | April 7, 2016 Canadians feel minors and those suffering from mental-health conditions should be exempt from coming legislation A majority of Canadians do not want minors or people with mental illnesses and psychiatric conditions to be given access to doctor-assisted dying, a new Nanos Research/Globe and Mail poll has found. The […]

Majority rejects assisted suicide for mentally ill, poll finds

by Sharon Kirkey

National Post | April 1, 2016 An overwhelming majority of Canadians believes psychological suffering on its own should never be grounds for granting a doctor-assisted death. While Canadians seem particularly appalled by the idea of allowing assisted suicide for “mature minors” with psychological suffering, a majority supports lethal prescriptions for terminally ill children and youth, […]

Should right-to-die law apply to mentally ill people?

by Margaret Wente

By Margaret Wente | Globe and Mail Most Canadians know that the right to die will soon be the law of the land. Most Canadians enthusiastically approve. But how many know that right may well extend to the mentally ill – people whose sufferings are psychological? The answer is, very few. Almost no one seems […]

Assisted Suicide Study Questions Its Use for Mentally Ill

by Benedict Carey

By Benedict Carey | New York Times A new study of doctor-assisted death for people with mental disorders raises questions about the practice, finding that in more than half of approved cases, people declined treatment that could have helped, and that many cited loneliness as an important reason for wanting to die. The study, of […]