Fri Jun 23, 2023 – 5:46 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) – A 33-year-old quadriplegic Canadian woman who is a mother of three says it was easier for her to get approved for state-sanctioned euthanasia than to get help for disabilities that she has been suffering with for many years.
In a video shared online on June 20 by RightNowHQ, Rose Finlay of Bowmanville, Ontario, said there is a “huge and detrimental discrepancy that exists in the supports available to disabled Ontarians.”
“I’m a quadriplegic single mom raising two kids with disabilities, and I’ve spent the last 79 days trying to raise as much awareness as I possibly can,” Finlay said in the video.
In only a few days, Finlay is scheduled to die by assisted suicide, or Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) as it is known in Canada.
She noted how it takes anywhere from six to eight months to get help from the Ontario Disability Support Program, compared with 91 days for MAiD. She applied for the program.
Finlay says her quality of life is poor due to acute kidney pain, chills, fever, headaches, nausea, and muscle spasms. Over the past 1 ½ years, she says
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