MAiD

Editorial

‘Is MAiD made for prisoners?’

June 21, 2024

The appalling contemporary throwback known by its cutesy euphemism “medical aid in dying” (MAiD) is now making its death fingered presence felt in the nation’s jail houses.

Family sues over Vancouver Catholic hospital’s euthanasia policy

Canadian Catholic News · June 19, 2024

The parents of a terminally ill woman who was transferred to another facility to be euthanized after St. Paul’s Hospital refused to allow the procedure on its premises are suing the provincial government and Providence Health Care, the Catholic health-care provider that operates St. Paul’s.

Vancouver Catholic hospital faces MAiD ‘conundrum’

Terry O'Neill · June 19, 2024

More than half a year has now passed since the British Columbia government ordered Vancouver Coastal Health to build a euthanasia facility next to St. Paul’s Hospital, thereby doing an end run around the Catholic hospital’s principled opposition to assisted suicide.

Concerns surround MAiD for prisoners

Anna Farrow · June 18, 2024

Despite recent revisions to guidelines for Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD) in Canadian prisons announced in March, correctional investigator Ivan Zinger remains concerned about a process that remains opaque to public scrutiny.

Euthanasia’s forgotten casualty: palliative care

Lines increasingly blurred

Luke Mandato · June 13, 2024

As support for euthanasia grows across the country, the line between genuine and holistic palliative care and medical assistance in dying has become increasingly blurred nearly inconclusively according to palliative care professionals in Canada.

Euthanasia Prevention Coalition granted intervenor status in assisted death case

Quinton Amundson · June 3, 2024

The Court of Appeal of Alberta has granted the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) intervenor status in the controversial case of a 27-year-old Calgary woman with autism seeking approval for medical assistance in dying (MAiD) against her father’s wishes.

Updates on events in the world of medically delivered death

Catholic Register Staff · April 26, 2024

Excerpt from the blog of Alex Schadenberg of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition updating events in the world of medically delivered death.

Columnist admits he ‘MAiD’ an error

Anna Farrow · April 23, 2024

Pundits generally, and perhaps columnists in particular, do not often admit to making mistakes. So, it is a special kind of pundit who can step away from previously professed opinions and admit to getting things wrong.

Judge’s ruling angers pro-life groups

Quinton Amundson · April 3, 2024

Alberta’s pro-life community is denouncing a Calgary judge’s ruling to permit a 27-year-old woman with autism to receive euthanasia against the wishes of her father, who is opposing her in court.

MAID decision 'blatant devaluing of persons with disabilities,' says activist

Gina Christian · March 27, 2024

A decision by a judge in Calgary, Alberta, in favor of a young woman seeking medically assisted suicide over her father's objections amounts to "the blatant devaluing of persons with disabilities," a Canadian activist told OSV News.