Canada's medical assistance in dying legislation — enacted on June 17, 2016 — is still relatively new. As of the end of last year, there had been 3,714 medically assisted deaths in the country. Unfair and extremeAudrey Parker, who has been approved for a medically assisted death, says those rules are unfair and extreme. She worries the cancer on her brain may cause her to lose cognitive capacity, which would mean doctors could deny her a medically assisted death when the time comes. "The law establishes robust safeguards and procedures … which serve to protect individuals from being encouraged or coerced into seeking medical assistance in dying," said Sindy Souffront.

Source: CBC News September 19, 2018 07:52 UTC