An Edmonton woman says her terminally ill best friend, who had ALS and was effectively paralyzed, had to sign his assisted-dying request form in a bus shelter because Covenant Health would not allow him to do so in its facility.
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N.S. woman choosing to die earlier than she wants due to ‘extreme’ assisted-dying law
A Nova Scotia woman who is choosing a medically assisted death says she will end her life earlier than she really wants because she’s worried doctors will deny her the procedure if she loses her mental capacity to consent before that time arrives.
Tributes flow for Windsor man who lobbied for assisted-dying rights for mentally ill
An Ontario man who urged the federal government to legalize doctor-assisted dying for people like himself with mental illness has taken his own life. CBC | Health News
