A coalition of disability rights groups says it is launching a Charter challenge against a part of Canada’s law on medical assistance in dying.
Group argues ‘Track 2’ of Canada’s medical assistance in dying law has led to premature deaths
A coalition of disability rights groups says it is launching a Charter challenge against a part of Canada’s law on medical assistance in dying.
The group, which also includes two individual plaintiffs, argues that what’s known as Track 2┬аof the MAID law has resulted in premature deaths.
Under the law, patients whose natural deaths are not reasonably foreseeable but whose condition leads to intolerable suffering can apply for a Track-2┬аassisted death.
The coalition says Track 2┬аof the MAID law has had a direct effect on the lives of people with disabilities and argues medically assisted death should only be available to those whose natural death is reasonably foreseeable.
The executive vice-president of Inclusion Canada тАФ which is part of the coalition тАФ says there has been an alarming trend where people with disabilities are seeking assisted death due to social deprivation, poverty and a lack of essential supports.
Krista Carr says those individuals should instead be supported in order to live better lives.
