Letter to the editor : Concerned about expansion of MAID
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article44243
- Author
- Laing, Cathy
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2023 January
- Author
- Laing, Cathy
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2023 January
- Volume
- 149
- Issue
- 1
- Page
- 4
- Notes
- "As a person who lives with a mental illness and volunteers in a mental health facility I am deeply concerned about the medical assistance in dying (MAID) bill and its expansion to include persons with mental disabilities (“Justice and the new assisted death,” September, p. 1; “Church should not oppose MAID law, primate says,” October, p. 1). Our mental health facility has spent countless hours and resources on suicide prevention and now the government wants to make it legal, putting people at risk. I am also deeply disappointed that our leaders in the Anglican church have chosen not to speak out against this bill or to raise any protest against the broadening of its scope. Surely the church should speak up for the vulnerable and the disabled in our society and the sanctity of life. Are we afraid, or have we just settled for the status quo ? In the end, our silence harms us all". [Text of complete article.]
- Subjects
- Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID)
- Euthanasia - Law and legislation - Canada
- Euthanasia - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Disabled - Canada
- Disabled - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Suicide - Prevention
- Suicide - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Location
- General Synod Archives