READ: Assisted suicide is being fast-tracked: what about those of us living with despair? "Although patients have rights, that doesn’t mean that our views are always right, especially when we are in the grip of suicidality." #MAID #BillC218 cambridge.org/core/journals/…

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You say you did this after listening to disabled people yet you wrote a bill targeted solely at govt bureaucrats which is not what we asked for. This bill permits physicians and nurses to continue to suggest MAiD - unsolicited - to a disabled person.

This is similar to what we analyze here. These government reported cases of coercive influences show where vulnerability + clinical authority led to MAiD deaths. Like your interview with this woman, these are documented cases, not hypotheticals. spcare.bmj.com/content/early/…

Gabrielle Peters 👩🏻‍🦽 Ramona Coelho It's tough when those who are supposed to be experts e.g. CAMAP is telling doctors they have an ethical responsibility to raise it whenever a person could potentially be eligible. That's what happens when you turn this issue over to an advocacy organization.

Thank you to Open Minds with Christopher Balkaran for the invitation to talk about MAiD in Canada — episode out now: open.spotify.com/episode/1OEm8m…

MAiD exceeds natural death for those with ALS, Health Canada reports. Canada offers death more than it offers support. macdonaldlaurier.ca/disabled-canad…

"In a society that values everyone, continued survival should not feel unusual."

In Canada, most deaths of people with Motor Neurone Disease are by euthanasia, not through the disease.

Thank you Christopher Balkaran for interviewing us at our launch of Unravelling MAiD in Canada and for posting! Honoured to share it’s in The Hill Times’ Top 100 Books of 2025 (alphabetically #98 😉). Sonu Gaind Trudo Lemmens Leonie Herx Gabrielle Peters 👩🏻‍🦽 Isabel Grant
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The BMJ So why does The BMJ offer interview space to zealous advocate for #MAID #Assisteddying #euthanasia to rebut capacity & coercion problems, ignoring evidence of... problems w capacity assessments documented in 1 of their own journals? spcare.bmj.com/content/early/…

So why does The BMJ offer space to zealous advocate for #MAID #Assisteddying #euthanasia to rebut capacity & coercion problems, ignoring evidence of... problems w Canadian capacity assessments documented in 1 of their own journals spcare.bmj.com/content/early/…

The BMJ To The BMJ Trudo Lemmens, as a 🇨🇦MD I'm disturbed by the false reassurances made by zealous, privileged assisted suicide activists who deny the real risks marginalized Canadians face. I debated Dr.Downar on this (BBC Nov2024), make up your own mind: dropbox.com/scl/fi/gemq38k…

The BMJ more discussion of remarkable problems w capacity also here: macdonaldlaurier.ca/maid-capacity-…