{"id":46459,"date":"2022-07-20T11:23:11","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T15:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=46459"},"modified":"2022-07-20T11:23:11","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T15:23:11","slug":"staying-alive-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=46459","title":{"rendered":"Staying Alive In Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Saturday, The American Thinker<\/a> posted an article about a change that Canada is recommending in its medical assistance in dying (MAiD) law. The panel involved is suggesting that mental illness be added to the list of things that make a person eligible for assisted suicide. I’m a little confused here–wasn’t there a time when we considered a person who committed suicide mentally ill? There seems to be some circular logic here.<\/p>\n

The article includes a horror story of someone who was adversely impacted by the current rules regarding assisted suicide:<\/p>\n

A 71-year-old widower was admitted to a Southwestern Ontario hospital after a fall. His family says during his admission he contracted an infectious diarrheal illness. He was humiliated by staff for the smell of his room, his family said. He developed a new shortness of breath that was not comprehensively assessed. In this context, a hospital team member suggested he would qualify for MAiD. The team said he had end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and it was terminal. The patient was surprised by the diagnosis but trusted the team. Within 48 hours of his first assessment, he received a medically assisted death. Post-mortem testing showed he did not have end-stage COPD. His family doctor, when notified of his death, also stated he did not have end-stage COPD, but the team had failed to contact her when they were assessing his history.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article notes:<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, the Great White North\u2019s federal \u201cexpert\u201d panel on MAiD has recommended mental illness<\/em><\/a> be added to the list of maladies making one eligible for MAiD\u2026\u2026apparently without any legislative changes. How nice, euthanasia by administrative fiat. What could go wrong?<\/strong><\/p>\n

To some degree, mental illness is in the eye of the beholder. It can be quite subjective and has historically been used as a tool to advance totalitarian political agendas. Hence, the gulags and \u201cre-education camps.\u201d Don\u2019t believe in global warming? Are you an anti-vaxxer? Trump supporter<\/em>?! Didn\u2019t vote for Xi jinping<\/s> Justin Trudeau? Driving an 18-wheeler in a \u201cFreedom Convoy?\u201d Then you are, sadly, mentally ill.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don’t want to live in a country where doctors have the right to kill you if they decide you are going to die anyway. What is happening in Canada is not good news for America.<\/p>\n

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