When Canada's Health System Says “No”, Its Assisted Suicide System Says “Yes”: The Van Alstine Case

[Stan]

TL:DR – Jolene Van Alstine, a Canadian woman with a painful but treatable condition, was approved for assisted death after being unable to access surgery through her provincial health system. Canada’s MAiD law allows nonterminal patients to qualify based on […]

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[Asia Joe]

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The American approach reflects a judgment that assisted dying should be limited to the final stage of life, not used to manage chronic illness or administrative dead ends. Canada has made a different judgment, one that treats subjective suffering as sufficient even when treatment remains theoretically available.

I am not sure if that is accurate.  

This assisted suicide, in Canada, is really troubling.