Senate passes amended version of assisted-dying bill after days of debate

A revised version of Bill C-7 has been passed by the Senate by a vote of 66-19, with three abstentions.

Senators have added five amendments to the bill, which would expand assisted dying to people whose natural deaths are not reasonably foreseeable, in compliance with a 2019 Quebec Superior Court ruling. One amendment would impose an 18-month time limit on the bill's proposed blanket ban on assisted dying for people suffering solely from mental illnesses.

Another would allow people who fear losing mental capacity to make advance requests for assisted death. The revised bill will now have to be sent back to the House of Commons for MPs to determine whether to accept or reject some or all of the amendments.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

siasatpk suicide is going to be legalized

Sad day for the disabled in Canada. Let us hope HOC rejects senate amendments and there is enough opposition to the bill to kill it for good before it kills many innocent helpless people instead of offering them supports they need to live in comfort and dignity.

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