Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition
Social media users are misrepresenting a screenshot of the advocacy organization’s website (DWD) as proof that the Canadian government is pushing its youth to cut their lives short.The article titled: Canada isn't pushing minors to end their lives. Current euthanasia laws don't apply to them anyway refers to a social media post that appears to suggest that euthanasia already applies to minors in Canada.
Euthanasia in Canada does not yet apply to minors (but the government is considering it).
A Canadian government committee released a report on February 15, 2023 recommending (among other things) to expand euthanasia to "mature minors" in Canada. The report, Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada: Choices for Canadians, which was composed by 10 Members of Parliament and 5 Senators, can be viewed here: (Link).
The article by Goldin appears to support the group Dying With Dignity, a euthanasia lobby group that supports child euthanasia. The article states:
The article by Goldin appears to support the group Dying With Dignity, a euthanasia lobby group that supports child euthanasia. The article states:
THE FACTS: Social media users are misrepresenting a screenshot of the advocacy organization’s website as proof that the Canadian government is pushing its youth to cut their lives short.
The screenshot shows the top of a page titled “Mature minors” on the website of Dying With Dignity Canada, a charity focused on end-of-life quality and rights. It includes a photo of a child in bed and states: “With the appropriate safeguards in place, mature minors should be allowed the right to choose MAID.”
“The Government of Canada has no plans to alter the minimum age requirement to access MAID,... Health Canada is considering undertaking research to understand the views and perspectives of young people, and their parents/caregivers, about suffering and end of life options, including Medical Assistance in Dying.”
The Canadian government is studying euthanasia for "mature minors" but has not yet introduced legislation to expand the law. This is very different than saying that the Canadian government has no intention of introducing changes to the law.
Goldin is trying to rehabilitate the euthanasia lobby's "misleading" comment on child euthanasia. Goldin refers to DWD as a charity focused on end-of-life quality and rights. Perhaps Goldin considers killing someone by euthanasia as a form of "end-of-life quality and rights."
My response? It's fake news about fake news.
6 comments:
Can anyone explain what a “mature minor” is?
Once people condone euthanasia, the safeguards disappear down the slippery and it becomes a free-for-all.
We have seen this happen since it’s inception in Canadian law.
When will the law extend to people whom the government deems “unwanted”, as has happened in other countries in the past?
A mature minor is not based on an age but rather an assessment. If a child is deemed by a doctor to be capable of understanding the gravity and the outcome of the decision, the doctor may deem the child to be capable of consenting and to be a "mature minor."
If a child is deemed by a doctor.... there's the slippery slope! Death doctors already have the underlying attitude that for some, death is good. How much do you trust your doctor?
I pray Canada never approves of child euthania.
@Nan I trust him as far as I can throw him
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