Mon Dec 12, 2022 – 7:56 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) — Another Canadian woman with a non-terminal illness is drawing headlines after applying for euthanasia thanks to Canada’s increasingly liberalized laws which pro-life advocates have warned are out of control.
According to the Western Standard, Jolene Van Alstine of Saskatchewan has applied for medical assistance in dying (MAiD), not because she is terminally ill, but rather because she says she cannot get the proper surgery and healthcare treatments she needs.
Alstine has been experiencing parathyroid hyperplasia for six years, which includes symptoms such as vomiting, nausea, and pain in the abdomen.
She said that despite seeing doctors and specialists for years, it was only when she was admitted to a hospital that she saw an endocrinologist. She subsequently had two of her parathyroid glands removed, and shortly after surgery started to feel better.
However, her symptoms returned 10 days after her surgery. She tried again to see an endocrinologist but was told it could take two years until she can see one again.
Due to what her husband Miles Sundeen says is a low quality of life, Alstine has chosen to end her life via
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