Jennifer Brady was denied medical treatment but approved for euthanasia, has changed her mind after being treated in the US.
Alex Schadenberg
Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition
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| Jennifer Brady |
The good news is that McIvor published an update to the story that was published by CBC News on September 18, 2025 explaining that Brady won a 6-year court battle with the Nova Scotia government and has received treatment in New Jersey. McIvor wrote:
After years of fighting the N.S. government for coverage, Jennifer Brady recently had lymphedema surgeryMcIvor continues:
Brady went public one year ago with her application for medical assistance in dying. At the time, she spent several hours a day managing her disease, feeling severely depressed and unable to care for her two children.McIvor explained more about the legal battle for the right to be receive treatment:
Then, last October, after winning a judicial review against Nova Scotia's Department of Health and Wellness, Premier Tim Houston publicly apologized to Brady. He also promised to pay for her future treatment.
In 2022, Brady took her fight to Nova Scotia Supreme Court after her requests for out-of-province care were repeatedly denied on the grounds she did not have a referral from a Nova Scotia specialist. Justice Timothy Gabriel pinpointed in his Oct. 2024 decision how MSI, the medical insurer for Nova Scotia, refused to acknowledge there is no such specialist in the province.The great news is that Brady changed her mind about euthanasia after receiving treatment:
He ruled that Brady was "treated in a procedurally unfair manner" and the decision made by the province to deny care was "unreasonable."
Since having a lymph node transplant on July 16 at The Valley Hospital in Paramus, N.J., Brady said she's feeling remarkable improvement. She said she can see her kneecaps for the first time in years, and she no longer needs a massage machine that previously tethered her to the couch for six hours a day.Jennifer Brady is not the first Canadian who was not offered medical treatment but offered euthanasia, but then received successful treatment in the US.
She has also taken her medical assistance in dying (MAID) application off the table.
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| Allison Ducluzeau |
Like Brady, Ducluzeau was able to die by euthanasia but was not being offered the option of medical treatment for her condition.
6 comments:
Thanks for covering this amazing turn-around story, Alex! There is often much that can be done medically for patients abandoned by their health care system and relegated to assisted suicide or euthanasia.
Regards,
Ronald W. Pies MD
It is unfortunate but true that medical professionals will tend to take the "easy road" (offer MAiD) instead of fight for getting difficult to obtain treatment for their patients. With "burnout" amongst physicians from "existential distress", going against the principle of striving for treatment first is becoming more common... but most patients do not or cannot seek legal recourse. From a retired Canadian physician
My. niece with cancer tumor, age 64, did the euthanasia route, then her son, at age 32 followed suit in Victoria BC,had a drug problem...both RC. I am still astonished how her family ,church attendees did NOTHING TO STOP IT!!
Thank you for posting this.
It Is SO DISGUSTING WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO FEMALES IN CANADA!!! I MEAN With The Covid-19 Pandemic They Had Publicly Stated That Studies Were Done In Europe-Specifically Spain Showing How FEMALES PHYSIOLOGY CANNOT REPAIR ITSELF FROM GARBAGE INSIDE THE VACCINES BUT THE MALE PHYSIOLOGY CAN REPAIR ITSELF; I Am Very DISGUSTED THAT THEY, WHO IMPLEMENTED THESE CRAZY POLICIES FORCING EVERYONE AND RECEIVING LOTS OF MONEY FOR DOING SO---GOVERNMENT, POLICY-MAKERS, LAW-MAKERS, PHYSICIANS, POLITICIANS, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES ALL MAKING LOTS OF MONEY FOR THESE POLICIES DO THAT TO FEMALES FOR THE SAKE OF MAKING MONEY AND HARMING/KILLING THEM ALL AND NOW THESE POOR LADIES WHO DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG BUT SEEK MEDICAL CARE ARE BEING DENIED AND HAVE TO GET A LAWYER TO PROTECT THEM FROM ALL THIS PAYING THEM MONEY LOTS OF MONEY FOR THEIR BASIC RIGHTS??? COMMON THIS IS RIDICULOUS AND NON-SENSE AND A CLEAR VIOLATION TOWARDS FEMALES HERE!!! AND THAT'S HOW IT STARTS, THE "DEATH CULTS" PREY ON THE INNOCENT AND VULNERABLE, WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST AND THEN OTHER SECTION OF VULNERABLES!!! UNBELIEVABLY DISGUSTING!!! THIS IS A DISGRACE WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS COUNTRY AND I AM SURE WILL HAPPEN OUTSIDE AS WELL!!!
Thank-you Alex, for covering, and publishing this story. MAiD is certainly not the answer! The Ministries of Health in each of these two examples, are now paying the cost of taking ‘the easy path’. I’m guessing their ‘savings’ are in the red, and have conveniently been passed on to the taxpayer.
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