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Sault Ste. Marie man wants to offer ‘competitive alternatives’ to medical assistance in dying
The founder of a start-up called Right to Live Canada, Eric Holmes says MAID could be avoided in some cases if patients had better housing or financial outcomes.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/medical-assistance-in-dying-alternative-9.7221926?cmp=rss

Tim Green Jun 4

AI proposals to assess capacity for assisted dying raise serious concerns about reliability, bias, and accountability. Human oversight, clear standards, and staged autonomy remain crucial in ensuring ethical and safe decision-making.
Discover more at https://smarterarticles.co.uk/ai-and-the-right-to-die-why-capacity-cannot-be-automated?pk_campaign=rss-feed
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AI and the Right to Die: Why Capacity Cannot Be Automated

The room, in the scenario its designer envisages, is small and clean. It contains a chair, a screen, a microphone, and nothing else. Th...

SmarterArticles

CBC Health Jun 1

Manitoba MAID law 'punishing' 94-year-old woman, pro-choice group says
A 94-year-old Steinbach, Man., woman has stopped taking her heart medication and antibiotics in the hopes of hastening her death after she was refused medical assistance in dying, or MAID, earlier this year.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/maid-law-94-year-old-pro-choice-group-9.7217602?cmp=rss

CBC Canada Jun 1

The Mirror: News, Sport, Celebrity & Entertainment [Unofficial]May 26

Dying mum 'doesn't have endless time' as she urges MPs to finally act on assisted dying bill

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/assisted-dying-bill-hannah-slater-37199036

World news | The Guardian May 20

Former minister with terminal cancer urges MPs not to bring back assisted dying bill https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/20/assisted-dying-bill-ashley-dalton-health-minister-cancer #AssistedDying #HealthPolicy #Cancer #Law #UkNews #Labour #HouseOfLords #Politics #Health

Former minister with terminal cancer urges MPs not to bring back assisted dying bill

Exclusive: Ashley Dalton says rejected amendments could have made bill stronger but it became a ‘pretty dangerous set of affairs’

The Guardian

Wen May 17

I appreciate the growing calls from whomsoever to demand parliament get back on the job (rather than fellatio over political posturing and leadership ambitions) as with much more, but Scotland is effectively ‘hogtied’ by Westminster posturing.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/17/terminally-ill-people-rankin-london-demand-revival-assisted-dying-bill

#AssistedDying #ukPol #AbolishTheHOL

‘I want my choice’: terminally ill people join Rankin to demand revival of assisted dying bill

British photographer collaborates with Dignity in Dying in run-up to private member’s ballot, after stalling of England and Wales bill in Lords

The Guardian

BBC News May 15

What is a 'safe death'? Mentally ill woman asks for assisted dying in Canada

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78qzpg0n0go?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

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What is a 'safe death'? Mentally ill woman asks for assisted dying in Canada

Canada has twice delayed access to medically assisted dying for those with mental illness. Claire Brosseau says she cannot wait any longer and wants the courts to decide.

SAMDB May 15

Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 17 May 2026

https://www.samdb.co.za/blogs/blog/2026/05/15/coming-up-on-carte-blanche-17-may-2026/

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National Secular Lobby May 4

Terminally ill Australians are being assessed for voluntary assisted dying in aged care car parks. Others are being transported to hospital to die in unfamiliar surroundings — because the facility they call home has refused to allow it on site.

A new report from Go Gentle Australia finds that 66 per cent of Australian aged care providers publish no information about their stance on voluntary assisted dying. Prospective residents are told about meal plans and fees; they are not told whether they will be able to die on their own terms.

In Victoria, unlike in South Australia, Queensland, and New South Wales, there is no legal requirement to disclose this. The result is people like Rosemarie Germano, who moved into a Melbourne aged care facility with terminal cancer, asked about VAD, and was told management "doesn't support" it — with no explanation and no referral. She spent her final weeks in a hospital bed waiting for approval.

VAD is legal. These residents are eligible. What they lack is an institution that will get out of the way.

Victoria's gag clause — one excuse providers have used for silence — is being repealed. But not until April 2027. That's a long time to keep dying people in the dark.

#auspol #assisteddying

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/aged-care-homes-deny-terminally-ill-access-to-voluntary-assisted-dying-20260503-p5zt8m.html

Aged care homes deny terminally ill access to voluntary assisted dying

Victorians living in aged care are being stripped of their agency, doctors say, claiming facilities are unlawfully blocking access to the scheme.

The Age