"The Canadian state is euthanizing its poor and disabled today, as physician-assisted death has increasingly become an option for those suffering under structural oppression — a grim reality disability rights advocates have warned about for years, tied to the failures of liberal democracy and its free-market underpinnings."

UK actress and advocate Liz Carr, along with our Executive Director, Matt Vallière are quoted in this article. Liz Carr "says she 'can't count' the number of similar stories she’s heard from people who are suffering not from their disabilities but from lack of supports to live. When the disabled seek help to lead dignified lives only to be offered [assisted suicide] – which is both cheap and available – their sense of worth plummets, Carr adds."

"Many disabled rights campaigners fear that safeguards against abuse are not strong enough. While it is true that the Bill insists that the right to die will only apply to terminally ill patients with a maximum of six months to live and that coercion will be mitigated by the need to have two doctors and a judge sign off on a clearly expressed desire to die, there are still very real concerns."

"Recent reports from the Ontario Coroner’s MAiD Death Review Committee reveal compliance problems such as failure to apply the 90-day waiting period and not ensuring the patient was assessed by a doctor with expertise in their condition. In at least one case, committee members believed the patient suffered solely from mental illness and thus should not have been deemed eligible for [assisted suicide].

PRAF is a leading national, non-partisan single-issue organization that protects the rights of patients, people with disabilities, older adults, and other historically underrepresented groups from deadly harm and discrimination inherent in assisted suicide laws.

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