OTTAWA — With Canada a year away from including mental illness as a sole condition for accessing medically assisted suicide, many are expressing concern about expanding what’s quickly becoming normalized — particularly with young people.
That’s of concern to University of Toronto professor Trudo Lemmens, who said the program has morphed into one where medical assistance in dying (MAID) is quickly becoming a normalized form of therapy rather than an exceptional and compassionate option for unbearable suffering.
