the pseudonym for a Toronto woman who was granted an assisted death in February due to the suffering caused by a disorder known as “multiple chemical sensitivities” .
This alone should have been enough to qualify Sophia for MAID, if that is what she truly wanted. Sophia was clearly trying to escape her pain. But she also appears to have been trying to use her death to make a statement about the perceived inadequacies of Canada’s social welfare system.
Whether or not all the friends and advocates who were eager to publicize her suicidal protest offered any support, or even set up a GoFundMe page to find her a new place to live or buy her a portable air filter or a roll of duct tape and a couple space heaters, is unclear. “The country is on the brink of sponsoring what essentially amounts to opt-in eugenics,” warned National Post columnist“This country has evolved into one where the lives of those in pain are treated cavalierly, as if they don’t matter,” lamented the“The ever-generous Canadian state will even pay for their deaths.
Not illegal to attempt suicide,as it once was.Mental suffering is soon to be included as grounds for state assisted suicide.VERY problematic as our system underfunds mental health services&makes them slow&hard to access. It will drive people to suicide, then kill them. Saves $?
Yes! And it is not the doctors' business as long as it is freely done.
im guessing the doctors might wanna know.