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Part of situation: Medical aid in dying legal and clinical developments (4 clusters)

Canada to indefinitely bar mental illness as sole ground for MAiD

medical assistance in dying MAiD mental health policy Criminal Code advance requests

The Canadian government has announced it will indefinitely bar individuals whose sole underlying medical condition is mental illness from accessing medical assistance in dying (MAiD). Justice Minister Sean Fraser stated the decision follows a parliamentary committee recommendation and stems from a lack of medical consensus regarding the irremediable nature of certain psychiatric disorders, as well as concerns regarding inadequate access to mental health services.

The government intends to introduce legislation this fall to formally amend the Criminal Code to maintain this exclusion. Simultaneously, the proposed changes aim to decriminalize advance requests for MAiD. This would allow patients diagnosed with serious, incurable, and progressive illnesses to request assisted dying while they still possess the capacity to consent, before they potentially lose that capacity due to conditions like dementia.

While the federal government will set the framework for advance requests, the ultimate implementation and decision to offer them will be left to individual provincial jurisdictions. Currently, Quebec allows such requests under certain circumstances, while Alberta has passed legislation to bar them. The decision marks a halt to a planned expansion of the MAiD program that was originally scheduled to take effect in March 2027.

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Government of Canada · House of Commons · Inclusion Canada · Liberal Party of Canada · Marjorie Michel · Quebec · Sean Fraser

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Ireland Breaking News: Canada Suspends Assisted Dying Expansion for Mental Illness - Daily Digest - News, Craic & Everything in Between [dailydigest.ie]
Canadá no ampliará el suicidio asistido para enfermos mentales, informa el gobierno [dominicanaaldia.com]
Canadá excluirá la enfermedad mental como único motivo para acceder a la eutanasia [montecristinoticias.com]
Media release: Inclusion Canada welcomes decision not to expand MAiD for mental illness, urges Parliament to reject advance requests [www.inclusioncanada.ca]
Canada pauses euthanasia expansion for mentally ill but rejects ban [www.lifesitenews.com]
Ottawa Indefinitely Extends MAID Exclusion for Those Whose Sole Condition Is Mental Illness – NTD CANADA [ntdca.com]
Canadá excluirá la enfermedad mental como motivo para eutanasia; señalan deficiencias en acceso a servicios de salud mental - nuevolaredo. tv [nuevolaredo.tv]
Canada indefinitely suspends assisted dying for mental illness [world-today-journal.com]
Government to exclude people who suffer solely from mental illness from access to MAID [lethbridgeherald.com]
Liberals to outline plans on assisted dying ahead of mental illness expansion [looniepolitics.com]
Canada to indefinitely bar assisted dying for people whose sole condition is mental illness [mymotherlode.com]
Canadá dio marcha atrás con la ampliación de la eutanasia por enfermedad mental [santotomealdia.com.ar]
Canada To Indefinitely Bar Assisted Dying For People Whose Sole Condition Is Mental Illness [vinnews.com]
Liberals to outline plans on assisted dying ahead of mental illness expansion [www.brandonsun.com]
Canada decides mental illness no grounds for euthanasia [cathnews.com]
Prohibirá Canadá muerte asistida por enfermedad mental [diario.mx]
Канада отлага за неопределено време асистираната смърт [fakti.bg]
Key dates in the evolution of Canada's medically assisted dying laws [halifax.citynews.ca]
Canadá suspende indefinidamente la eutanasia por enfermedad mental [www.infocatolica.com]
Canadá vetará suicídio assistido motivado por transtorno mental [oantagonista.com.br]
Kanada menja zakon o eutanaziji: Mentalna bolest više neće biti jedini osnov za asistirano umiranje [www.sd.rs]
Canada suspends plans to expand assisted dying to people with mental illness [www.myjoyonline.com]
Key dates in the evolution of Canada's medically assisted dying laws [www.narcity.com]
Канада: нема консензуса о медицински потпомогнутом умирању за особе са менталним болестима [www.politika.rs]
Canada to indefinitely bar assisted dying for people whose sole condition is mental illness [www.independent.co.uk]