Canada Says No to Assisted Dying for Mental Health

The government has put an indefinite pause on plans to let people seek help dying if they only have a mental illness.

Canada has decided to stop its plan to allow medically assisted dying for people with mental health issues. This change was supposed to happen soon, but now it is on hold indefinitely. That means there is no set date for when it might happen, or if it ever will. Here is the background: Canada already has a program called MAID, which stands for Medical Assistance in Dying. This is for people who are suffering from serious, long-term physical illnesses that cannot be cured. For a while, officials were discussing whether to include people whose only suffering comes from mental health conditio…