Reverse MAID eligibility for mental illness

AI summary

Petitioners ask the House of Commons to support Bill C-218 to reverse the law that extended medical assistance in dying (MAID) eligibility to people whose sole medical condition is a mental illness. They contend that mental illness is complex, can include suicidal thoughts, and that allowing MAID for mental illness alone puts lives at risk, especially where treatment and support are not readily available. The petition does not include a government response.

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Official petition

Petition to the House of Commons, WHEREAS Canadians with mental illness should be provided with treatment and support; Mental illness is complex and can include suicidal thoughts as a symptom; The lives of Canadians with mental illness will be at risk when they are eligible for medical assistance in dying (MAID) on the basis of mental illness alone, especially when treatment and support are not readily available. Therefore we, the undersigned citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the House of Commons to support Bill C-218 which would reverse the law extending eligibility for MAID to people with mental illness as their sole medical condition.

Government response

No government response is available yet.