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Senators approve amendment allowing advance requests for medical assistance in dying | iNFOnews

Joan Bryden Senator Pamela Wallin adjusts her glasses at the start of a meeting on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 in Ottawa. Senators have voted to expand Canada s assisted dying regime to allow individuals who fear losing mental capacity to make advance requests for medical help to end their lives. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld February 10, 2021 - 7:01 PM OTTAWA - Senators voted Wednesday to expand Canada s assisted dying regime to allow individuals who fear losing mental capacity to make advance requests for medical help to end their lives. The amendment to Bill C-7 was approved by a vote of 47-28, with eight abstentions.

Senators approve amendment allowing advance requests for medical assistance in dying

Senators approve amendment allowing advance requests for medical assistance in dying by The Canadian Press Last Updated Feb 10, 2021 at 6:44 pm EDT OTTAWA Senators have voted to expand Canada’s assisted dying regime to allow individuals who fear losing mental capacity to make advance requests for medical help to end their lives. The amendment to Bill C-7 was approved by a vote of 47-28, with eight abstentions, and was proposed by Sen. Pamela Wallin, a member of the Canadian Senators Group.  She argues that people who have been diagnosed or fear being diagnosed with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease or other cognitive-impairing disorders should, while they’re still competent to give consent, be entitled to make advance directives spelling out when they want to receive an assisted death.

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