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Canada indefinitely bars mental illness as sole basis for euthanasia
Original: Canada to indefinitely bar mental illness as sole reason for access to euthanasia
Canada will indefinitely postpone allowing mental illness to be the sole reason for a person to access medical assistance in dying. The government has decided against setting a new start date for the measure, which had already been delayed several times amid concern from psychiatrists and disability advocates about expanding euthanasia to those whose suffering stems from mental health conditions alone.
Why now: The government's decision to indefinitely delay one of the most contested expansions of assisted dying has reignited debate over euthanasia and mental health policy.
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