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Senator says decision to expand assisted suicide in Canada to include mental illness is a done deal

Updated: March 16, 2023 at 7:57 pm EST  See Comments

Thu Mar 16, 2023 – 7:38 pm EDT

OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – A senator appointed by pro-abortion/euthanasia Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is claiming that the decision for Canada to expand its assisted-suicide laws to those with mental illness has “already” been made despite the fact there is still a technical, albeit slim, chance it might not be.

As noted in a Canadian Press report dated March 15, Senator Stan Kutcher, who has Liberal Party ties and was appointed to the senate by Trudeau in 2018, says there is no more “debate” about the issue regarding expanding Canada’s medical assistance in dying (MAiD) laws.

“The issue of expansion has already been decided upon,” Kutcher claimed.

Kutcher, a psychiatrist, claimed that not allowing people with mental illness to access MAiD is infringing on their charter rights.

“If you had Lou Gehrig’s disease, or if you had severe Parkinson’s, you would be eligible to apply for and be treated humanely and thoughtfully, and critically,” Kutcher claimed.

“But if you had a mental illness, you would be excluded from such. … I thought that that was a flagrant example of stigma and discrimination.”

Trudeau’s Liberal government legalized euthanasia in 2016. Since

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