When Choice Becomes Coercion: The Perils of Legalised Euthanasia

Part 2 - Looking at Canada's MAiD and revealing how assisted dying disproportionately affects low income and disabled people

Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) was made legal in Canada in 2016. When introduced its scope was to allow any adult suffering from a ‘grievous and irremediable medical condition’ with only 6 months to live, to apply to have a doctor kill them. Note the similarity with the current UK Bill on the point in bold, but note below the expansion of MAiD in Ca…