David Lametti, the Canadian justice minister,
centre, said the law would respect people’s autonomy while protecting the
vulnerable
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Canada has expanded the
scope of its laws on medically assisted death to include people whose demise is
not foreseeable and opened the door for the mentally ill to have the procedure.
The law, given royal assent on Wednesday, revamps assisted death in Canada and
comes as assisted suicide is legalised in Spain,
fulfilling a pledge by Pedro Sánchez, the prime minister. The changes make
euthanasia legal in Canada, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Switzerland
and several US states.
Wish Australia was a forward thinking country like
Canada on this touchy subject, only one state has had the guts to make it
legal, but you have to be on your last legs in agony before it's allowed. Hope
you can see this documentary about an Australian woman aged 90, healthy, who
goes to Switzerland to Digitas to end her life.
Laura’s choice https://iview.abc.net.au/video/DC1917W002S00
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