Legalized Assisted Suicide: Canada’s Dystopian Death Culture

First the dying, then the sick, now the poor and the mentally ill — Canada’s rapidly expanding assisted-suicide program sounds very much like the slippery slope many people warned it would be.

In 2016, Canada legalized euthanasia for adults whose natural death is “reasonably foreseeable.” Last year, the country expanded this to include adults whose natural death is not “reasonably foreseeable,” meaning those with nonterminal illnesses and disabilities. By March 2023, those with mental-health conditions will also be eligible.

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First the dying, then the sick, now the poor and the mentally ill — Canada’s rapidly expanding assisted-suicide program sounds very much like the slippery slope many people warned it would be.

In 2016, Canada legalized euthanasia for adults whose natural death is “reasonably foreseeable.” Last year, the country expanded this to include adults whose natural death is not “reasonably foreseeable,” meaning those with nonterminal illnesses and disabilities. By March 2023, those with mental-health conditions will also be eligible.