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February 10, 2026
Health
News

Now Canadian Doctors Want to Euthanize Infants.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Physicians in Quebec, Canada, have suggested extending the country’s euthanasia program to include infants.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The Quebec College of Physicians, Canadian lawmakers, and euthanasia prevention advocates.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Canada, ongoing discussions in 2026.

💬KEY QUOTE: “Medical assistance in dying may be an appropriate treatment for babies suffering from extreme pain.” – Quebec College of Physicians

🎯IMPACT: The proposal has reignited the debate over euthanasia laws in Canada becoming a “slippery slope.”

IN FULL

Canada’s so-called medical assistance in dying (MAID) euthanasia program is facing renewed scrutiny after the Quebec College of Physicians suggested it could be extended to infants, supposedly in cases of “extreme” suffering. The organization said, “Medical assistance in dying may be an appropriate treatment for babies suffering from extreme pain,” and proposed that parents be given the option to request the procedure for their child.

The comments have reopened a debate many believed was settled years ago. MAID was legalized in Canada in 2016 and initially restricted to adults with terminal illnesses whose deaths were reasonably foreseeable. Over time, eligibility has expanded to include non-terminal conditions, and the number of assisted deaths has risen steadily. Federal data shows 16,499 MAID deaths were reported in 2024 alone, bringing the cumulative total to 76,475 since legalization. By early 2026, at least 94,000 deaths had occurred under the program, according to Alex Schadenberg of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition.

The idea of extending MAID to infants is not new. In 2022, Dr. Louis Roy of the Quebec College of Physicians testified before Parliament’s Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying that the program could apply to “babies from birth to one year of age” with severe deformities or disabilities.

The issue resurfaced last fall after attracting international attention. A feature in The Atlantic titled “Canada is Killing Itself” compared aspects of Canada’s euthanasia policies to historical practices in Nazi Germany, prompting backlash from euthanasia advocates and intensifying public debate.

MAID has also drawn controversy beyond the infanticide proposal. Reports have highlighted cases involving organ donation following euthanasia and allegations that safeguards have failed vulnerable individuals. In one recent case, the mother of a 26-year-old man claimed her son, who was physically healthy but suffered from depression, was euthanized under MAID, despite federal plans to delay eligibility for mental illness alone.

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January 9, 2026
Christopher Tomlinson
Health
News

Doctors Euthanized a Healthy 26-Year-Old Because He Had Depression, Mother Claims.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The mother of a depressed 26-year-old announced he was killed as part of Canada’s assisted suicide program.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Kiano Vafaeian, Margaret Marsilla, Dr. Ellen Wiebe.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Canadian doctors euthanized Vafaeian this week, with his mother Margaret Marsilla announcing his death on Facebook on January 6.

💬KEY QUOTE: “The actions of DR ELLEN WIEBE reveal a pattern of coldness and disregard for vulnerable human life that I can no longer stay silent about.” – Margaret Marsilla.

🎯IMPACT: The case reveals that killings of people with mental illnesses in Canada are occurring despite the practice being supposedly banned until 2027.

IN FULL

A notorious Canadian euthanasia doctor is said to have assisted in the suicide of Kiano Vafaeian, a depressed 26-year-old man, despite Canada not yet opening Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) to those with simple mental illnesses until 2027. Kiano Vafaeian passed away this week, according to a Facebook post by his mother, Margaret Marsilla.

In the post, Marsilla notes, “Four years ago, here in Ontario, we were able to stop his euthanasia and get him some help. He was alive because people stepped in when he was vulnerable and not capable of making a final, irreversible decision. Tragically, the Canadian system later allowed something very different to happen in Vancouver—where a doctor named DR ELLEN WIEBE AKA DR DEATH #2 approved his death based on mental illness.”

“The actions of DR ELLEN WIEBE reveal a pattern of coldness and disregard for vulnerable human life that I can no longer stay silent about, just that scary smile shows her entitlement for taking peoples lives,” she continued, adding: “No compassion. No protection. No effort to save a life, only to end it.”

Dr. Wiebe has become well known in Canada for her enthusiasm for MAID, claiming to have been behind the killing of at least 400 people. She is also an abortionist.

Kiano Vafaeian also participated in a documentary about MAID in 2023, broadcast on the CBC, Canada’s public broadcaster, which questioned whether MAID was too easy for Canadians to get approval for. Vafaeian told the interviewer that he had tried suicide before and claimed MAID was “more dignified.”

The case comes as the overall use of MAID in Canada continues to rise sharply and is now one of the country’s leading causes of death. Analysts cited by critics of the program estimate that, based on current trends, the cumulative number of Canadians who have died through assisted suicide since legalization could be approaching 100,000. Medics have also warned that demand for MAID assessments has surged, straining capacity and raising concerns about whether thorough evaluations can always be maintained.

Other ethical concerns have also emerged regarding MAID and the practice of organ harvesting. In one case, a 38-year-old Canadian with Lou Gehrig’s disease was euthanized, and his heart was subsequently transplanted to an American man with congestive heart failure. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)—a subagency of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)— has previously warned that some patients may not have been legally deceased before organ harvesting procedures begin.

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December 16, 2025
Bonkers Britain
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Lawmaker Pushes to Legalize Euthanasia for Pregnant Women.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: A lawmaker for Britain’s governing Labour Party has stated that pregnancy should not prevent a woman from accessing “assisted dying” under proposed euthanasia legislation.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Lord Charles Falconer and members of the House of Lords.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The debate occurred during the committee stage of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in the House of Lords earlier this month.

💬KEY QUOTE: “It is clear from the choice that I am supporting that we take the view that pregnancy should not be a bar to [euthanasia].” – Lord Falconer

🎯IMPACT: The debate highlights significant ethical and legal concerns regarding euthanasia, particularly in cases involving pregnancy.

IN FULL

A lawmaker for Britain’s governing Labour Party is arguing that pregnancy should not prevent a woman from being euthanized by the state, despite her child also being killed by the process. Lord Charles Falconer, a former Secretary of State for Justice under close personal friend Tony Blair, told the House of Lords that pregnancy should not automatically prevent a woman from accessing so-called “assisted dying” under Britain‘s proposed euthanasia legislation, as peers continue detailed scrutiny of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.

Speaking during committee stage debates on amendments, Lord Falconer responded to concerns raised by another peer about how assisted suicide laws deal with pregnancy in other countries. Oregon was cited as requiring efforts to keep the mother alive if the unborn child is “viable,” while the Netherlands allows for aborting babies before euthanizing their mothers. Lord Falconer made clear that the approach he supports would not treat pregnancy as an exclusion. “It is clear from the choice that I am supporting that we take the view that pregnancy should not be a bar to it,” he said.

Euthanasia remains illegal throughout the United Kingdom under the Suicide Act 1961, which carries a maximum prison sentence of 14 years. However, the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, introduced as a Private Members’ Bill, has passed key votes in 2024 and 2025. If it becomes law, it would permit assisted suicide in England and Wales for terminally ill adults expected to live six months or less, subject to court approval.

The debate has drawn attention to international experiences with assisted suicide. In Canada, so-called medical assistance in dying (MAiD) has expanded significantly since its introduction in 2016. Government data indicate that by the end of 2025, the cumulative number of Canadians who have been killed through MAiD could approach 100,000, with the practice accounting for roughly five percent of all deaths nationwide. Eligibility has broadened over time, and critics argue that the rapid growth endangers vulnerable people, particularly those with disabilities or limited access to care.

Canada’s program has also been linked to organ harvesting. Reports indicate that hundreds of MAiD patients have donated organs following euthanization, with a small but notable share of deceased-donor transplants now involving individuals who died under the program. Supporters see this as a benefit to transplant recipients, while opponents warn of ethical risks.

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December 12, 2025
Health

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker Signs Euthanasia Law.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (D) signed a bill into law allowing terminally ill patients to be euthanized.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Governor Pritzker, Illinois lawmakers, religious groups, and disability rights advocates.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Signed into law on Friday, the legislation will take effect in Illinois in September 2026.

💬KEY QUOTE: “This bill carries far too many loopholes and lacks oversight to be safe and equitable, but the bottom line for Access Living is this: The existence of assisted suicide is a threat, to not just the kind of health care we deserve, but a threat to our ability to live and die with dignity.” – Sebastian Nalls, Access Living

🎯IMPACT: The bill has sparked concerns from religious leaders and disability advocates over potential abuse and ethical implications.

IN FULL

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (D) signed a bill on Friday permitting terminally ill patients to be euthanized. Known as the Illinois End-of-Life Options Act, or “Deb’s Law,” the legislation is set to take effect in September 2026. According to Pritzker’s office, the bill allows qualified patients to “seek medication to peacefully end their lives on their own terms in consultation with physicians.”

“This legislation will be thoughtfully implemented so that physicians can consult patients on making deeply personal decisions with authority, autonomy, and empathy,” Pritzker claimed.

To qualify, patients must be 18 or older, have a terminal illness confirmed by a physician, possess the mental capacity to make medical decisions, and be informed about other end-of-life care options such as hospice and palliative care. They must also make both written and oral requests for the deadly medication. The cause of death listed on their death certificate will reflect their underlying terminal illness.

Despite the supposed safeguards, the bill has faced strong opposition from religious groups and disability advocates. Sebastian Nalls, a policy analyst with Access Living, warned, “This bill carries far too many loopholes and lacks oversight to be safe and equitable, but the bottom line for Access Living is this: The existence of assisted suicide is a threat, to not just the kind of health care we deserve, but a threat to our ability to live and die with dignity.”

Cardinal Blase Cupich of the Archdiocese of Chicago also criticized the legislation, questioning why the state would normalize suicide amid increasing mental health concerns. He said, “There is a way to both honor the dignity of human life and provide compassionate care to those experiencing life-ending illness. Surely the Illinois legislature should explore those options before making suicide one of the avenues available to the ill and distressed.”

The National Pulse reported earlier this month that Canada’s so-called medical assistance in dying (MAID) program is estimated to have killed over 92,000 people since euthanasia was legalized in 2016. MAID now accounts for just over five percent of all annual deaths in Canada.

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December 6, 2025
Christopher Tomlinson
Health
News

Canada Estimated to Have Killed Nearly 100k Citizens by Assisted Suicide.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Canada’s euthanasia program may have killed up to 92,000 people, according to new estimates.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The Canadian government, Canadian medical professionals, and the Executive Director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, Alex Schadenberg.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The estimate was published on December 5.

💬KEY QUOTE: “Canada is becoming the world leader in killing its citizens. It is normalizing and medicalizing killing.” – Executive Director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, Alex Schadenberg

🎯IMPACT: Medically assisted suicide has become a leading cause of death in Canada and now accounts for five percent of all deaths nationwide when abortion is not taken into consideration.

IN FULL

Canada’s medical assistance in dying (MAID) program continues to grow, with estimates suggesting that more than 92,000 people have died through the practice since its legalization in 2016. Official federal data reported 16,499 MAID deaths in 2024, a 6.9 percent increase from the previous year. That brought the confirmed national total to 76,475 through the end of 2024, but analysts say the pace of cases in 2025 likely pushed the true cumulative figure past 92,000.

MAID now accounts for just over five percent of all annual deaths in Canada. The vast majority of cases involve people whose natural death is considered reasonably foreseeable, though a smaller share of patients qualify under an expanded track for those whose death is not imminent. “Canada is becoming the world leader in killing its citizens. It is normalizing and medicalizing killing,” Executive Director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Alex Schadenberg said.

The rising number of requests has prompted concern from some medical professionals, who report that demand is straining available resources and contributing to long wait times for assessments. According to recent reports, providers in several regions say the number of applicants has outpaced the capacity of clinicians willing or able to participate.

Critics argue that MAID eligibility criteria have broadened too quickly and that vulnerable people may face subtle pressure to consider MAID when support services are limited or unavailable. Several disabled Canadians, including veterans, have been offered MAID despite not suffering from any deadly illness or disease.

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October 31, 2025
Crime
News

Attempted Trump Assassin Wants to Be Imprisoned in a State Where He Can Be Euthanized.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Ryan Routh, convicted of attempting to assassinate President Donald J. Trump, has requested to serve his sentence in a state that allows physician-assisted suicide.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Ryan Routh, President Donald J. Trump, Judge Aileen M. Cannon, and federal prosecutors.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The request was filed on October 30, 2025, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The assassination attempt occurred in South Florida in 2024.

💬KEY QUOTE: “I am a constant failure… without love—what is the point.” – Ryan Routh

🎯IMPACT: The request came after Routh had already tried to kill himself following his guilty verdict.

IN FULL

On October 30, Ryan Routh, the 58-year-old man pro-Ukraine activist convicted of attempting to assassinate President Donald J. Trump at a Florida golf course last year, has filed an extraordinary request to serve his sentence in a state allowing physician-assisted suicide. In a letter to U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon, Routh, a former North Carolina roofer turned Ukraine aid organizer, asked for a recommendation to transfer him to the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ custody in such a jurisdiction—though any judicial suggestion would not bind the agency.

Describing himself as “a constant failure” and questioning life’s value behind bars, he wrote, “without love—what is the point.” He also proposed an international prisoner swap, urging, “Do not let me take my own life and it have zero benefit for humanity or mankind.”

Routh’s path to infamy intertwined fervent pro-Ukraine activism with deep-seated anti-Trump animus. After Russia’s 2022 invasion, the Hawaii resident founded the International Volunteer Center in Kiev, recruiting veterans, many from Afghanistan, to join Ukraine’s International Legion despite visa hurdles. He lobbied Congress for more aid and appeared in an Azov Brigade video, among other stunts. Legion insiders introduced him to journalists in 2023, praising his efforts despite language barriers. A vocal Biden-Harris supporter, Routh’s social media railed against Trump and Israel.

Months before the September 2024 attempt, Routh penned a note to an associate, admitting Democratic-inspired motives. He decried Trump for allegedly abandoning America’s “kind, caring, and selfless” ideals, blamed him for Middle East chaos via a “juvenile” Iran pullout, and offered a $150,000 bounty to “complete the job.” In the letter, found with bullets, he lamented: “This was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump, but I am so sorry I failed you. I tried my best and gave it all the gumption I could muster.”

Prosecutors said Routh stalked Trump’s West Palm Beach course for weeks before Secret Service agents spotted him on September 15, 2024, armed and hiding in a bush a short distance from President Trump. Agents fired shots and sent him fleeing; he never discharged his rifle, but a young girl was almost killed during his escape attempt.

Convicted in September 2024 on five counts, including attempted assassination, Routh fired his lawyers, represented himself, and, post-verdict, jabbed a pen at his neck in court in an apparent suicide attempt before being restrained.

He later called dismissing counsel “a childish mistake.” Routh faces up to life at his December 2025 sentencing. Notably, federal prisons generally avoid assisted-suicide states.

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October 14, 2025
William Upton
Health
Science

Canada’s Slippery Slope: Assisted Suicide Expands Into Organ Harvesting.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: A 38-year-old Canadian man with Lou Gehrig’s disease was euthanized under Canada’s MAID program and his heart transplanted into a 59-year-old man in Pittsburgh—raising concerns that patients may be pressured into euthanasia by medical professionals looking to harvest their healthy organs.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The euthanized donor was a 38-year-old Canadian; the recipient was a 59-year-old man from Pittsburgh.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The euthanization happened in Canada in September, with the transplant conducted in Pittsburgh.

💬KEY QUOTE: “With the development of biotechnology, human organs can be continuously transplanted, and people can live longer and longer, and even achieve immortality.” — Chinese President Xi Jinping

🎯IMPACT: The incident raises ethical concerns about increased pressure on vulnerable people to choose euthanasia.

IN FULL

Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) euthanasia program is running headlong into a multitude of ethical concerns, including broader controversies surrounding organ harvesting. Investigations in the United States by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)—a subagency of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)—have found over the past several years that some patients may not have been legally deceased when organ retrieval was initiated.

In at least 28 cases reviewed by the HRSA, patients showed neurological signs inconsistent with brain death at the start of procurement. In Canada, the MAiD law is raising further concerns that patients may be pressured into euthanasia by medical professionals looking to harvest their healthy organs.

One of the more high-profile Canadian cases involves a 38-year-old man with Lou Gehrig’s disease who was euthanized in September. His heart was subsequently transplanted into a 59-year-old man from Pittsburgh, who had congestive heart failure. The donor heart was harvested and attached to a machine to keep it viable, and then sent to Pittsburgh for the transplant. This procedure has been described as the “ultimate act of altruism,” though it raises substantial ethical concerns.

Critics argue that such practices could result in pressure on vulnerable people to choose euthanasia, especially if they know their organs could benefit others. The potential for coercion is a significant worry as the scope of who qualifies for assisted suicide continues to expand in Canada.

Canada’s assisted suicide law, enacted in 2016, has led to a growing number of deaths attributed to MAiD, with nearly five percent of all deaths in the country in 2023 falling under this category. The practice, once limited to terminally ill patients, now includes those with serious but non-life-threatening conditions. The law’s expansion to include people with mental illness further complicates the ethical landscape.

Disturbingly, The National Pulse reported in early September that Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and North Korean autocrat Kim Jong-Un were caught on hot mic during an event in Beijing discussing how harvesting organs could be used to prolong their lives to 150 years.

“With the development of biotechnology, human organs can be continuously transplanted, and people can live longer and longer, and even achieve immortality,” Xi said.

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August 12, 2025
Health
News

Euthanasia Demand Overwhelms Providers.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) in Canada has surged in popularity, with practitioners struggling to meet demand as euthanasia accounted for 4.7 percent of deaths nationwide in 2023.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Canadian medics, government officials, and critics of euthanasia.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Canada, with 2023 marking the latest year with complete data; euthanasia was legalized in 2016 and expanded in 2021.

🎯IMPACT: Canada faces growing unease over the ethical implications of euthanasia, with concerns about expanding MAID to children, the mentally ill, and other vulnerable populations.

IN FULL

Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID), Canada’s term for legalized euthanasia, or “assisted dying,” has surged in popularity, to the point where doctors are now struggling to keep up. In 2023, MAID accounted for 4.7 percent of all deaths nationwide, positioning Canada just behind the Netherlands in global rankings. In Quebec, that figure surpassed seven percent, giving it the highest euthanasia rate in the world.

Since its legalization in 2016, the number of Canadians opting for MAID has increased yearly by double digits, with a particularly steep rise after the procedure became available to non-terminal patients in 2021. However, in 2023, the growth slowed to 16 percent, a significant drop compared to the previous average of 31 percent annually.

Critics have raised concerns that Canadian physicians are not only offering euthanasia but also actively encouraging it, sometimes to individuals whose primary challenge is mental health-related, such as suicidal ideation. Unlike assisted suicide protocols in other countries, in Canada, doctors administer the lethal injection themselves.

A recent report spotlighted this phenomenon, describing a Vancouver MAID conference that featured a buffet lunch, a DJ, and branded tote bags for attendees. Practitioners at the event shared how overwhelming the demand has become, and how it’s expected to rise even further this year, when MAID becomes legal for patients with mental illness.

Legislators are also considering whether to expand MAID to include minors. The proposal is already gaining traction in Parliament. Some clinicians have reportedly performed hundreds of euthanasia procedures. One maternity doctor even likened euthanasia to childbirth, referring to both as “deliveries.”

The United Kingdom has also followed Canada in passing a bill in the House of Commons to legalise assisted suicide, although it remains to be seen if it will pass in the House of Lords.

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June 20, 2025
Christopher Tomlinson
Health
UK

Culture of Death: British Lawmakers Vote for Euthanasia Bill.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: British Members of Parliament (MPs) have voted for a bill that could legalise medically assisted suicide, despite objections from many experts and professionals.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: British House of Commons, vulnerable patients, doctors.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The bill was passed by the House of Commons on June 20.

💬KEY QUOTE: “I do not want to live in a society where anyone is encouraged in the belief that their lives are not valuable,” commented former British Attorney General Jeremy Wright.

🎯IMPACT: The bill could legalise assisted suicide and see many vulnerable people pressured into being euthanized due to inadequate safeguards.

IN FULL

British Members of Parliament (MPs) have voted to approve a new bill that could lead to the legalization of medically assisted suicide. MPs voted 314 to 291 to pass the euthanasia bill, despite around a thousand doctors warning of the threat it poses to them and their patients.

The so-called Assisted Dying Bill will now go to the House of Lords and must be approved there before being sent to King Charles III to receive the Royal Assent and become law. Critics of the bill have argued that there are not enough safeguards in place for vulnerable people. Notably, MPs rejected an amendment which would have made people who merely feel like a “burden” ineligible for assisted suicide, which could incentivize Britain’s socialized National Health Service (NHS) to keep support for elderly patients minimal, so they become more dependent and more likely to request to be euthanized, reducing NHS costs.

The British Geriatrics Society stated its opposition: “We have significant concerns about the lack of effective legal safeguards that would protect older people from unwarranted harm. The current language in the bill does not protect older people, especially considering the link between frailty and feeling a burden on others.”

The Royal College of Physicians also opposed it, saying that it could divert resources from other NHS operations, and that doctors must have the ability to refuse to euthanise patients. They also warned that there needs to be more stringent safeguards regarding the possible coercion of patients.

Former Attorney General Jeremy Wright commented on the bill’s passage, saying, “I do not want to live in a society where anyone is encouraged to believe that their lives are not valuable.”

The United Kingdom would be just the latest Western country to legalize euthanasia. In Canada, assisted suicide has become one of the leading causes of death in the country since it was legalized in 2016. In 2023 alone, so-called medical assistance in dying (MAID) was responsible for 4.7 percent of all deaths in Canada.

MAID has been deeply criticized after it was revealed that some had been offered assisted suicide because they were disabled or poor. Several Canadian Armed Forces veterans were even pushed toward the program.

The British vote also comes just days after the House of Commons voted to decriminalize abortion up to birth for women, causing many to remark that the country is in a moral crisis.

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June 18, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Health
UK

British PM Rishi Sunak Says He’s ‘Not Against’ Legalizing Euthanasia.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is “not against” legalizing euthanasia “in principle.” The Conservative leader, facing a historic defeat in the snap election on July 4, says it is “just a question of having the safeguards in place, and that’s where people have had questions in the past.”

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer, projected to replace Sunak after the upcoming election, has pledged to legalize euthanasia, now rebranded “assisted dying” from the previous “assisted suicide” rebrand. However, his party election manifesto does not include the contentious policy.

Sir Keir cast a vote in favor of legalizing euthanasia in 2015, but the bill failed 330 to 118. Wes Streeting, Sir Keir’s Shadow Health Secretary, also cast a vote for the 2015 bill. This year, Streeting said he “sort of lean[s] towards” legalizing euthanasia, provided he has “reassurance that no one would feel coerced into ending their life sooner, that no doctor would be coerced or forced to take part in ending someone’s life in that way.”

SLIPPERY SLOPE. 

Doctors and midwives in Britain have a “conscientious objection” opt-out from aborting babies. However, this has been undermined by the Supreme Court created by Tony Blair in 2009. While clinicians are not forced to take a “hands-on” role in abortions, justices insist they can be forced to supervise abortionists and book women in for terminations.

Western nations that have legalized euthanasia, such as the Netherlands, Belgium, and Canada, are rapidly expanding their scope beyond a handful of terminally ill people.

Canadian doctors have approved “medical assistance in dying,” or “Maid,” for people facing financial difficulties.

Dutch doctors are euthanizing healthy young people who complain of depression.

Belgian doctors have even euthanized a 23-year-old woman complaining of trauma after she was caught up in an Islamist terror attack in Brussels as a minor—though she was physically unharmed.

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is "not against" legalizing euthanasia "in principle." The Conservative leader, facing a historic defeat in the snap election on July 4, says it is "just a question of having the safeguards in place, and that’s where people have had questions in the past." show more