Wed Jul 12, 2023 – 4:35 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) –– The Canadian province of Ontario has seen deaths by state-sanctioned euthanasia skyrocket by 25 percent in the first five months of 2023, meaning the province is on track to see a whopping 5,000 die via the grim procedure this year alone.
According to up-to-date information posted online by the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC), Ontario saw some 1,866 deaths by medical assistance in dying (MAiD) from January to May 2023. By comparison, in the first five months of 2022, 1,488 people died by MAiD.
The EPC also noted that an updated report from the Office of the Chief Coroner of Ontario shows that in May alone, 395 people died by MAiD.
In January of 2023, the Office of the Chief Coroner of Ontario released the 2022 December euthanasia data, which shows that some 3,934 people died by MAiD in 2022, which was an increase of 27 percent from 2021.
Due to the 2023 numbers showing an increase of around 25 percent compared with the record numbers set in 2022, it is estimated by the EPC that Ontario will see as many as 5,000 deaths from MAiD come
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