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Feb 12, 2021 03:15 AM EST
The Government of Canada is provided 18 months to extend access to medical assistance in dying (MAiD) to people experiencing mental illnesses. Senators on Tuesday voted 57-21 to amend Bill C-7. The bill prohibits MAiD for individuals whose mere medical condition is a mental illness.
Assisted Dying in Canada
The bill provides the federal government one year and six months to extend access to medical aid in dying to such individuals.
Bill C-7 proposes an explicit, blanket ban on assisted dying in cases involving mere mental illness. However, it would also expand access to other intolerably suffering people who are far from their natural lives end, reported Yahoo News.