In years following legalization, Canada had world's fastest-growing rate of MAID deaths, says report (www.ctvnews.ca)

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[-] CanadianCorhen@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 year ago

I mean, it doesn't surprise me.

My GFil found out he had stage 4 throat cancer, by that point he was completely unable to eat or drink, and was in his 90s. He requested MAID, which likely saved him a couple weeks to a month of suffering

His pregnant granddaughter held his hand as he left this world.

This would be chalked as a MAID death, even if it only saved him a couple weeks of suffering.

[-] m4xie 13 points 1 year ago

It is a MAIDs death. The whole point is that every occurs instead of a much worse death. They're not meant to happen if the person wouldn't have died otherwise. The scare mongers are avoiding the whole point