The legislation allows people with incurable diseases to make advanced requests for medical assistance in dying before they become incapacitated
The Quebec government has tabled legislation to allow people with incurable diseases to make advanced requests for medical assistance in dying before they become incapacitated.
The primary change in the bill tabled today by the junior health minister for health and seniors, Sonia Belanger, applies to people suffering from a “serious and incurable” illness that could make them incapable of consenting to medical care. They would be allowed to make an advance request for medical assistance in dying that would apply once they have become incapacitated.The federal government is proposing to expand eligibility to patients who only have mental disorders, but the Quebec bill specifies that people who suffer only from mental disorders are not eligible.
An earlier version of the legislation failed to pass before the legislature was dissolved ahead of the October general election.
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