Canada's assisted-dying law faces constitutional fight for excluding mental disorder
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Plaintiff, John Scully, 83 year old former war correspondent, says no medication, treatment or therapy has eased the post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and anxiety made worse by sleep deprivation.
“I feel it's incumbent on me to rattle whatever cage I can, to say, not 'Look at me,' but 'Look at us.' For God's sake. Do something about it." 😓💔
https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/canadas-assisted-dying-law-faces-constitutional-fight-for-excluding-mental-disorder/article_5f57b9f5-2b25-5989-94d5-8e27b07e42da.html
@heatherdale I agree with single malt here. If anything, we shouldn't be forcing someone to stay alive if they don't want to deal with the pain and suffering that they're living with, this should be a right, not just in a few countries it should be the right globally.