Good news in Canada as mental illness excluded from MAID
Canada has stepped back from expanding medical assistance in dying to people whose sole underlying condition is mental illness, after officials concluded that suicidal intent cannot reliably be distinguished from a request for MAID. Yet proposed legislation could simultaneously broaden access through advance requests for people with conditions such as dementia. The debate exposes a deeper question about suffering and hope: when circumstances may not improve, what gives a person reason to keep living? Christians have been entrusted with a hope that does not depend on present circumstances—and…
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