When even the Washington Post calls for a time-out on further expansion of euthanasia (albeit in Canada), you know it’s pretty clear that Canada has gone off the rails. To understand the Post’s sort-of-concern, recall that in Canada, “euthanasia” –or “Medical Assistance in Dying” [MAID]– refers to “lethal injections or other interventions administered actively by physicians,” The Post observes. Note the next sentence: “We have supported limited assisted dying programs of this kind.”So what is about the latest “reform” that so unnerves the editorial board of the Washington Post? There might, indeed, be mentally ill patients suffering from symptoms so debilitating and intractable that their options are uniformly dismal. In the United States, Americans need to keep a close eye on their neighbor’s experience, and learn from it.

Source: Washington Post January 29, 2024 21:20 UTC