Canadian bishops oppose assisted suicide law for disabled, mentally ill
Prelates say the nation's new medical assistance in dying law will pressure people who are not near death
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Canadian bishops have denounced the expansion of assisted suicide to those who are not near death.
Canada's Catholic bishops said the possible pressures the country's new assisted suicide law will place on Canadians with mental illness or disabilities are "all too real, perilous and potentially destructive."
In a statement April 8, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops denounced the expansion of "medical assistance in dying" -- or MAiD, as it is known -- to those who are not near death. They called on people of faith to pray and to lobby elected officials about the issue.