TrudoLem
@trudolem.bsky.social
Prof Health Law & Bioethics @UofTLaw; persistent bicycle user in Toronto
Our @bmj.com article on #humanrights & high-priced medicines is out. We argue that using a human rights due diligence framework can promote equitable access to medicines for rare diseases. W Kanksha Ghimire, @katperehudoff.bsky.social J. C. Kohler, E. Low & N. Persaud www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Pharmaceutical governance system for costly drugs through human rights due diligence
The obligations and responsibilities of governments and drug companies to increase access to costly new drugs should be grounded in international human rights, write Trudo Lemmens and colleagues
Pat...
www.bmj.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Our @bmj.com article on #humanrights & high-priced medicines is out. We argue that using a human rights due diligence framework can promote equitable access to medicines for rare diseases. W Kanksha Ghimire, @katperehudoff.bsky.social J. C. Kohler, E. Low & N. Persaud www.bmj.com/content/391/...
My recent article in the Canadian Journal of Bioethics on Ontario MAID Death Review Committee reports, in particular on #MAID for Dementia, reveals minimalistic capacity evaluations, questionable informed consent procedures, stretching legal criteria… #euthanasia www.erudit.org/en/journals/...
www.erudit.org
November 5, 2025 at 9:02 AM
My recent article in the Canadian Journal of Bioethics on Ontario MAID Death Review Committee reports, in particular on #MAID for Dementia, reveals minimalistic capacity evaluations, questionable informed consent procedures, stretching legal criteria… #euthanasia www.erudit.org/en/journals/...
“Bioethicists owe a debt to historians who excavated the research scandals of the past,…[but] you can see them at medical institutions everywhere, including your own….you may be repelled by what you see.” @carlelliott.bsky.social www.thehastingscenter.org/what-researc...
What Research Scandals? Welcome to the Bioethics Memory Hole : The Hastings Center for Bioethics
It is striking how many notorious cases of abuses of human research subjects go almost entirely unmentioned in the bioethics literature.
www.thehastingscenter.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
“Bioethicists owe a debt to historians who excavated the research scandals of the past,…[but] you can see them at medical institutions everywhere, including your own….you may be repelled by what you see.” @carlelliott.bsky.social www.thehastingscenter.org/what-researc...
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"A joint investigation by CBC News and the Investigation Journalism Foundation has uncovered a case of serious academic misconduct at the University of British Columbia, including allegations of falsifying results collected in a human trial." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... By @bethanylindsay.bsky.social
False hope, fabricated data: No public notice after UBC uncovered serious misconduct in medical study | CBC News
A celebrated Vancouver researcher used fabricated data and hid evidence of infected wounds to falsely claim his patented skin treatment could heal years-old bed sores in a matter of weeks, according t...
www.cbc.ca
October 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"A joint investigation by CBC News and the Investigation Journalism Foundation has uncovered a case of serious academic misconduct at the University of British Columbia, including allegations of falsifying results collected in a human trial." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... By @bethanylindsay.bsky.social
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Jotwell Health:
Trudo Lemmens, The Dangers of Regulating Inducing Death as a Medical Practice, JOTWELL (October 16, 2025) (reviewing Jennifer Hardes Dvorak, Is Assisted Dying Really a Matter for Medical Regulation?, 53 J. L. Med. & Ethics 1 (2025)), health.jotwell.com/the-dangers-....
Trudo Lemmens, The Dangers of Regulating Inducing Death as a Medical Practice, JOTWELL (October 16, 2025) (reviewing Jennifer Hardes Dvorak, Is Assisted Dying Really a Matter for Medical Regulation?, 53 J. L. Med. & Ethics 1 (2025)), health.jotwell.com/the-dangers-....
October 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Jotwell Health:
Trudo Lemmens, The Dangers of Regulating Inducing Death as a Medical Practice, JOTWELL (October 16, 2025) (reviewing Jennifer Hardes Dvorak, Is Assisted Dying Really a Matter for Medical Regulation?, 53 J. L. Med. & Ethics 1 (2025)), health.jotwell.com/the-dangers-....
Trudo Lemmens, The Dangers of Regulating Inducing Death as a Medical Practice, JOTWELL (October 16, 2025) (reviewing Jennifer Hardes Dvorak, Is Assisted Dying Really a Matter for Medical Regulation?, 53 J. L. Med. & Ethics 1 (2025)), health.jotwell.com/the-dangers-....
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www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
“Using starvation as a method of warfare is explicitly prohibited under Article 54 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions and is defined as a war crime under Article 8(2)(b)(xxv) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.3 These (1)
“Using starvation as a method of warfare is explicitly prohibited under Article 54 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions and is defined as a war crime under Article 8(2)(b)(xxv) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.3 These (1)
July 21, 2025 at 3:22 AM
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
“Using starvation as a method of warfare is explicitly prohibited under Article 54 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions and is defined as a war crime under Article 8(2)(b)(xxv) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.3 These (1)
“Using starvation as a method of warfare is explicitly prohibited under Article 54 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions and is defined as a war crime under Article 8(2)(b)(xxv) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.3 These (1)
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@who.int staff residence in Deir al Balah was attacked 3 times today as well as its main warehouse
2 WHO staff & 2 family members were detained. 3 were later released, while one staff remains in detention.
WHO demands the immediate release of the detained staff & protection of all its staff. #Gaza
2 WHO staff & 2 family members were detained. 3 were later released, while one staff remains in detention.
WHO demands the immediate release of the detained staff & protection of all its staff. #Gaza
July 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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"These eugenicist modes of thought persist and recur, even into visions of the future like those of transhumanism, where thinkers can envision changing the human body into that of an angel but still fail to imagine a bathroom stall wide enough for the wings."
I wrote "How Heeding Disabled People Can Help Everyone Survive Crises" and for a second there it really looked like policymakers and government folks understood what i was poiting at.
Guess not tho.
slate.com/technology/2...
Guess not tho.
slate.com/technology/2...
How Heeding Disabled People Can Help Everyone Survive Crises
An expert on the social and cultural implications of technology responds to Aliza Greenblatt’s “If We Ever Make It Through This Alive.”
slate.com
July 20, 2025 at 4:03 AM
"These eugenicist modes of thought persist and recur, even into visions of the future like those of transhumanism, where thinkers can envision changing the human body into that of an angel but still fail to imagine a bathroom stall wide enough for the wings."
“Should we expand eligibility for MAID?” Read my @albertaviews
exchange with Nursing Prof Wilson who says #MAID #euthanasia must be expanded ‘because people want it’. I argue we need to focus on protection, not promote death further as therapy… albertaviews.ca/author/donna...
exchange with Nursing Prof Wilson who says #MAID #euthanasia must be expanded ‘because people want it’. I argue we need to focus on protection, not promote death further as therapy… albertaviews.ca/author/donna...
Donna Wilson and Trudo Lemmens, Author at Alberta Views
albertaviews.ca
July 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
“Should we expand eligibility for MAID?” Read my @albertaviews
exchange with Nursing Prof Wilson who says #MAID #euthanasia must be expanded ‘because people want it’. I argue we need to focus on protection, not promote death further as therapy… albertaviews.ca/author/donna...
exchange with Nursing Prof Wilson who says #MAID #euthanasia must be expanded ‘because people want it’. I argue we need to focus on protection, not promote death further as therapy… albertaviews.ca/author/donna...
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A Landmark Book on Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada,
New Federal Bill #C218, Conferences & Press Review
On this eve of Canada Day, our newsletter
vivredignite.org/en/com-june-...
#cdnpoli #qcpoli #CanLit #palliativecare
cc @medwma.bsky.social @trudolem.bsky.social @psych-md.bsky.social
New Federal Bill #C218, Conferences & Press Review
On this eve of Canada Day, our newsletter
vivredignite.org/en/com-june-...
#cdnpoli #qcpoli #CanLit #palliativecare
cc @medwma.bsky.social @trudolem.bsky.social @psych-md.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
A Landmark Book on Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada,
New Federal Bill #C218, Conferences & Press Review
On this eve of Canada Day, our newsletter
vivredignite.org/en/com-june-...
#cdnpoli #qcpoli #CanLit #palliativecare
cc @medwma.bsky.social @trudolem.bsky.social @psych-md.bsky.social
New Federal Bill #C218, Conferences & Press Review
On this eve of Canada Day, our newsletter
vivredignite.org/en/com-june-...
#cdnpoli #qcpoli #CanLit #palliativecare
cc @medwma.bsky.social @trudolem.bsky.social @psych-md.bsky.social
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Livre événement sur l’aide médicale à mourir au Canada
nouveau projet de loi fédéral #C218 et revue de presse
En cette veille de la Fête du Canada, notre infolettre
vivredignite.org/com-30-juin-...
#polcan #polqc #soinspalliatifs
cc @medwma.bsky.social @trudolem.bsky.social @psych-md.bsky.social
nouveau projet de loi fédéral #C218 et revue de presse
En cette veille de la Fête du Canada, notre infolettre
vivredignite.org/com-30-juin-...
#polcan #polqc #soinspalliatifs
cc @medwma.bsky.social @trudolem.bsky.social @psych-md.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Livre événement sur l’aide médicale à mourir au Canada
nouveau projet de loi fédéral #C218 et revue de presse
En cette veille de la Fête du Canada, notre infolettre
vivredignite.org/com-30-juin-...
#polcan #polqc #soinspalliatifs
cc @medwma.bsky.social @trudolem.bsky.social @psych-md.bsky.social
nouveau projet de loi fédéral #C218 et revue de presse
En cette veille de la Fête du Canada, notre infolettre
vivredignite.org/com-30-juin-...
#polcan #polqc #soinspalliatifs
cc @medwma.bsky.social @trudolem.bsky.social @psych-md.bsky.social
"Netanyahu must preserve the radical right-wing fantasy of ethnic cleansing in Gaza for political survival. For this, he needs the war to continue," Who can as self-respecting person still trivialize this?
🎙Not to miss: @allisonksommer.bsky.social interviews @nirhasson.bsky.social! Many topics covered straight to the point.
'I've run out of words to describe what we Israelis are doing to Gaza'
***
www.haaretz.com
June 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
"Netanyahu must preserve the radical right-wing fantasy of ethnic cleansing in Gaza for political survival. For this, he needs the war to continue," Who can as self-respecting person still trivialize this?
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RIP Alasdair MacIntyre, a towering figure the likes of which this world rarely produces. Perhaps I shouldn't be surprised that his influence extended far beyond his scholarship:
May 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
RIP Alasdair MacIntyre, a towering figure the likes of which this world rarely produces. Perhaps I shouldn't be surprised that his influence extended far beyond his scholarship:
RAPLIQ_ exposes hate-speech on Quebec radio suggesting #euthanasia #MAiD as 'solution' for persons w severe intellectual disabilities. Time f authorities & media to act & denounce... @le985fm.bsky.social we expect apology & action (via @vivredignite.bsky.social ) rapliq.org/en/accomplic...
ACCOMPLICES TO A EUGENIC IDEOLOGY SHAME ON THE AIRWAVES DISGUSTED. APPALLED. ANGRY. – RAPLIQ
Montreal, May 18, 2025 – We are shaken. Outraged. And above all, we refuse to stay silent. This week, on 98.5 FM, Luc Ferrandez and Nathalie Normandeau crossed a red line. Faced with the tragic situat...
rapliq.org
May 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
RAPLIQ_ exposes hate-speech on Quebec radio suggesting #euthanasia #MAiD as 'solution' for persons w severe intellectual disabilities. Time f authorities & media to act & denounce... @le985fm.bsky.social we expect apology & action (via @vivredignite.bsky.social ) rapliq.org/en/accomplic...
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In @uoft.bsky.social Magazine, w/ my brilliant & insightful UofT Fac of Law colleague @trudolem.bsky.social
magazine.utoronto.ca/opinion/risk...
Timely given UnitedNations CRPD recently entreating 🍁 to repeal Track 2 expansion (...& to not euthanize Canadians for mental illness and addictions!)
magazine.utoronto.ca/opinion/risk...
Timely given UnitedNations CRPD recently entreating 🍁 to repeal Track 2 expansion (...& to not euthanize Canadians for mental illness and addictions!)
May 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
In @uoft.bsky.social Magazine, w/ my brilliant & insightful UofT Fac of Law colleague @trudolem.bsky.social
magazine.utoronto.ca/opinion/risk...
Timely given UnitedNations CRPD recently entreating 🍁 to repeal Track 2 expansion (...& to not euthanize Canadians for mental illness and addictions!)
magazine.utoronto.ca/opinion/risk...
Timely given UnitedNations CRPD recently entreating 🍁 to repeal Track 2 expansion (...& to not euthanize Canadians for mental illness and addictions!)
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NEW by @trudolem.bsky.social
"The newly released reports appear to confirm what is argued in several chapters in our recently co-edited volume, Unravelling MAiD in Canada: Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide as Medical Care..."
theconversation.com/ontario-chie...
"The newly released reports appear to confirm what is argued in several chapters in our recently co-edited volume, Unravelling MAiD in Canada: Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide as Medical Care..."
theconversation.com/ontario-chie...
Ontario Chief Coroner reports raise concerns that MAID policy and practice focus on access rather than protection
Recent reports from the Chief Coroner for Ontario reveal that Canada’s MAiD law, policy and practice focuses on promoting access to death, rather than protection.
theconversation.com
May 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
NEW by @trudolem.bsky.social
"The newly released reports appear to confirm what is argued in several chapters in our recently co-edited volume, Unravelling MAiD in Canada: Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide as Medical Care..."
theconversation.com/ontario-chie...
"The newly released reports appear to confirm what is argued in several chapters in our recently co-edited volume, Unravelling MAiD in Canada: Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide as Medical Care..."
theconversation.com/ontario-chie...
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Thrilled to share video of our successful "Unravelling MAiD" book launch, with my co-editors Ramona Coelho & @trudolem.bsky.social, that we held at @uoft.bsky.social Faculty Club this past week on April 15. We've generated a transcript with synchronized cc for accessibility
youtu.be/-udwv3xhOAU
Thrilled to share video of our successful "Unravelling MAiD" book launch, with my co-editors Ramona Coelho & @trudolem.bsky.social, that we held at @uoft.bsky.social Faculty Club this past week on April 15. We've generated a transcript with synchronized cc for accessibility
youtu.be/-udwv3xhOAU
UnravellingMAiD UofTLaunch
YouTube video by Karandeep Gaind
youtu.be
April 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Thrilled to share video of our successful "Unravelling MAiD" book launch, with my co-editors Ramona Coelho & @trudolem.bsky.social, that we held at @uoft.bsky.social Faculty Club this past week on April 15. We've generated a transcript with synchronized cc for accessibility
youtu.be/-udwv3xhOAU
Thrilled to share video of our successful "Unravelling MAiD" book launch, with my co-editors Ramona Coelho & @trudolem.bsky.social, that we held at @uoft.bsky.social Faculty Club this past week on April 15. We've generated a transcript with synchronized cc for accessibility
youtu.be/-udwv3xhOAU
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Due to Ohio SB1 the University of Toledo is eliminating majors in Disability Studies, Women’s & Gender Studies, Africana Studies, Asian Studies, Middle East Studies & more.
Toledo was one of few places where undergrads could major in disability studies.
news.utoledo.edu/index.php/04...
Toledo was one of few places where undergrads could major in disability studies.
news.utoledo.edu/index.php/04...
UToledo Updates Academic Portfolio Through Prioritization Process | UToledo News
UToledo will suspend admissions to several academic programs in compliance with Senate Bill 1 and the provost's review of recommendations from a Program Reallocation and Investment Committee.
news.utoledo.edu
April 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Due to Ohio SB1 the University of Toledo is eliminating majors in Disability Studies, Women’s & Gender Studies, Africana Studies, Asian Studies, Middle East Studies & more.
Toledo was one of few places where undergrads could major in disability studies.
news.utoledo.edu/index.php/04...
Toledo was one of few places where undergrads could major in disability studies.
news.utoledo.edu/index.php/04...
Looking forward to book launch
At the UofT faculty Club tomorrow with co-editors Ramona Coelho & Sonu Gaind. Huge thanks to all co-authors. We will livestream Apr 15, 6:15ET, you can register for that here us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
At the UofT faculty Club tomorrow with co-editors Ramona Coelho & Sonu Gaind. Huge thanks to all co-authors. We will livestream Apr 15, 6:15ET, you can register for that here us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Unravelling MAiD in Canada - Faculty Club launch. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Unravelling MAiD in Canada - Faculty Club launch. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
us02web.zoom.us
April 15, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Looking forward to book launch
At the UofT faculty Club tomorrow with co-editors Ramona Coelho & Sonu Gaind. Huge thanks to all co-authors. We will livestream Apr 15, 6:15ET, you can register for that here us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
At the UofT faculty Club tomorrow with co-editors Ramona Coelho & Sonu Gaind. Huge thanks to all co-authors. We will livestream Apr 15, 6:15ET, you can register for that here us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
For those interested in Canada's #MAID #Euthanasia developments, and what other countries can learn from it, my Oxford Anscombe Memorial lecture is now online www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpBi...
@uoftlaw.bsky.social
@uoftlaw.bsky.social
Anscombe Memorial Lecture 2025 – ‘Death As Therapy: Unravelling Canada’s Assisted Dying Regime’
YouTube video by Anscombe Bioethics Centre
www.youtube.com
April 11, 2025 at 10:28 PM
For those interested in Canada's #MAID #Euthanasia developments, and what other countries can learn from it, my Oxford Anscombe Memorial lecture is now online www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpBi...
@uoftlaw.bsky.social
@uoftlaw.bsky.social
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NEW @cfraz.bsky.social
"An international body of independent human rights experts has called for sweeping reforms to Canada’s (MAID) regime....Canadians deserve to know that our political party leaders will take this report seriously as we head to the polls."
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
"An international body of independent human rights experts has called for sweeping reforms to Canada’s (MAID) regime....Canadians deserve to know that our political party leaders will take this report seriously as we head to the polls."
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
UN disability rights report on assisted-dying regime deserves a fair hearing
Canadians deserve to know that our political party leaders will take seriously the report calling for reforms to the medical assistance in dying regime as we head to the polls.
www.hilltimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
NEW @cfraz.bsky.social
"An international body of independent human rights experts has called for sweeping reforms to Canada’s (MAID) regime....Canadians deserve to know that our political party leaders will take this report seriously as we head to the polls."
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
"An international body of independent human rights experts has called for sweeping reforms to Canada’s (MAID) regime....Canadians deserve to know that our political party leaders will take this report seriously as we head to the polls."
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
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SACHRP, a federal advisory panel on ethical, legal issues in human health research, is no longer. From me and @pharmalot.bsky.social:
www.statnews.com/2025/04/03/h...
www.statnews.com/2025/04/03/h...
Federal advisory panel on ethical, legal issues in human health research disbanded
A committee of experts that advises HHS on emerging ethical and legal issues in human health research has been disbanded, according to an email obtained by STAT.
www.statnews.com
April 3, 2025 at 11:53 PM
SACHRP, a federal advisory panel on ethical, legal issues in human health research, is no longer. From me and @pharmalot.bsky.social:
www.statnews.com/2025/04/03/h...
www.statnews.com/2025/04/03/h...
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Last week UN CRPD committee released a report that among other things, called on Canada to repeal Track 2 MAiD.
Story here by @mikehager.bsky.social with comments from @trudolem.bsky.social and myself.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Story here by @mikehager.bsky.social with comments from @trudolem.bsky.social and myself.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
United Nations report recommends Canada repeal MAID for people without terminal illnesses
International committee also called on Ottawa to scrap the proposed expansion of MAID eligibility in 2027 to people whose sole underlying illness is a mental disorder
www.theglobeandmail.com
April 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Last week UN CRPD committee released a report that among other things, called on Canada to repeal Track 2 MAiD.
Story here by @mikehager.bsky.social with comments from @trudolem.bsky.social and myself.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Story here by @mikehager.bsky.social with comments from @trudolem.bsky.social and myself.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
@theglobeandmail.com @mikehager.bsky.social report
on UN Human Rights Ctee request to repeal track-2 MAID & not expand #mentalillness & Adv Request w comments @mssinenomine.bsky.social & myself @uoftlaw.bsky.social Note shallow response Can Gov, through Health Canada, which ‘stands by its system’
on UN Human Rights Ctee request to repeal track-2 MAID & not expand #mentalillness & Adv Request w comments @mssinenomine.bsky.social & myself @uoftlaw.bsky.social Note shallow response Can Gov, through Health Canada, which ‘stands by its system’
April 1, 2025 at 1:11 PM
@theglobeandmail.com @mikehager.bsky.social report
on UN Human Rights Ctee request to repeal track-2 MAID & not expand #mentalillness & Adv Request w comments @mssinenomine.bsky.social & myself @uoftlaw.bsky.social Note shallow response Can Gov, through Health Canada, which ‘stands by its system’
on UN Human Rights Ctee request to repeal track-2 MAID & not expand #mentalillness & Adv Request w comments @mssinenomine.bsky.social & myself @uoftlaw.bsky.social Note shallow response Can Gov, through Health Canada, which ‘stands by its system’
‘Extremely concerned’: UN tells Canada to stop Track 2 #MAID #euthanasia & Advance requests + not expand further for mental illness #mentalhealth Meagan Gilmore reports www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/03/30/e...
‘Extremely concerned’: UN tells Canada to stop Track 2 MAID UN tells Canada to stop Track 2 MAID
A UN committee has recommended Canada stop offering MAID for people whose deaths are not reasonably foreseeable
www.canadianaffairs.news
March 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
‘Extremely concerned’: UN tells Canada to stop Track 2 #MAID #euthanasia & Advance requests + not expand further for mental illness #mentalhealth Meagan Gilmore reports www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/03/30/e...