Canada Considering Expanding Assisted Suicide Law to Minors Without Parental Consent

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RedState‘s Kira Davis We both wrote about Canada’s macabre. Medical assistance for the dying (MAiD), law that allows people who are not terminally ill to end their lives through the assistance of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government. The law—and its 31,000+ casualties, or a shocking 3.3 percent of all 2021 Canadian deaths—is already creepy enough, but now it’s taking an even darker turn.

Canada is considering allowing kids to end their lives—without the consent of their parents. Per DailyMail:

In its long-awaited report, the Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) recommended that ‘mature minors’ whose deaths were ‘reasonably foreseeable’ could access assisted suicide, even without parental consent.

The House of Commons will debate the report and 23 of its recommendations in the coming months. It could even prompt revisions. Canada‘s assisted dying laws as soon as this year.

Does Canada seem a little strange?

Let’s start with what exactly is a? “mature minor?” Are there any tests they need to pass in order to prove their wisdom and knowledge? Will it be a subjective decision of a doctor to make such a determination?

However, not all Canadians are aboard:

Today, the HoC received the report from the MAID Committee.

The report recommends recklessly expanding MAID.

It even recommends MAID to minors.

I submitted the CPC disapproval report. Conservatives will oppose this expansion of Trudeau’s already catastrophic MAID regime. pic.twitter.com/WzcOOiQwOT

— Michael Cooper, MP (@Cooper4SAE) February 16, 2023

The Committee has—for now at least—decided Not It is recommended that minors with mental disorders receive assistance to end their lives. MAiD would not be applicable to patients with severe physical illnesses.

Ultimately, members agreed that children with terminal illnesses, most likely aged between 14 and 17, could be influenced by many factors and that ‘eligibility for MAiD should not be denied on the basis of age alone’.

In their 138-page report, members said the procedure — typically a lethal injection administered by a doctor — should be available to ‘mature minors … whose natural death is reasonably foreseeable.’

Why do I say that they haven’t recommended MAiD to minors with mental disorders? “for now” Because they will most likely in the future.

The Justice Minister is a proud display of his arrogance. He is so keen to increase MAID for people with mental illness, that he believes 32 of Canada’s most prominent law professors are wrong. He’s the only one who can prove that. pic.twitter.com/2c0DCd4TbL

— Rob Moore (@RobMoore_CPC) February 15, 2023

It would be inaccurate to call the procedure “injection” since it is administered by a doctor. “suicide.” The correct description would then be “homicide.” Brittanica Homicide can be defined as follows:

homicide, the killing of one human being by another. Homicide is a general term and may refer to a noncriminal act as well as the criminal act of murder.

Amy Hasbrouck is a board member for the anti-MAiD group Still aliveThe obvious is that teens’ brains aren’t developed enough to make an existential decision such as ending their lives.

It’s terrible, I think.

Teenagers cannot decide whether or not to commit suicide. A teenager with a disability who is constantly told how miserable their life is will likely be depressed. They’ll want to commit suicide.

Today, the AMAD Committee released their report. I was in tears as I drove home. Suicide contagion infects my country. They are calling for MAID to mature minors. It may not be too far away for a 16-year old depressed, anorexic, orbulimic like me to have access to MAID. God bless us.

— Lia Milousis (@LiaMilousis) February 16, 2023

There are other problems with this proposed amendment to an already-problematic law.

• One, we have one word for “miracles” Miracles are a part of everyday life. Some people have lived longer lives than expected due to incurable or fatal diseases. Our veterinarian advised us to put our beloved dog down. She would be in severe pain and she had only days left to live. Instead, she walked around happily for another year before finally passing peacefully. I am not comparing people with dogs. I am just pointing out the fact that sometimes things don’t work out as expected.
• A second concern is that a teenager could select the MAiD option even if they don’t have parental consent. Imagine your child receiving a lethal injection, and being told by a doctor that they are now dead. Yes, that’s a dark and terrible thought—but it’s exactly what could happen if this is approved.

I can’t even imagine living with an incurable fatal disease, especially in my youth, and my heart goes out if anyone receives such a prognosis.

However, it is not appropriate for the state to help teens kill themselves. This is unfortunately a sign of late-stage civilisational decline in our neighbours to the north.

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