Evening Update: The difficult road to assisted dying for mental illness


Source: theglobeandmail.com theglobeandmail.com

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Good evening, let’s start with today’s top stories: Canada will allow assisted dying for mental illness starting in March. Has there been enough time to get it right? Assisted dying will soon become legal for Canadians who have a mental disorder as their sole condition. When that option arrives in March, Canada will have one of the most liberal euthanasia laws in the world. But with doctors divided and federal guidelines still in development, Canadians have questions about who will qualify for MAID (medical assistance in dying) – and whether it’s a good idea to give the most vulnerable an...