Canada Admits Staggering Number of Country's Deaths Last Year Were Assisted Suicide

Tré Goins-Phillips : Dec 18, 2024
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[Faithwire.com] Medically assisted suicide in Canada reached a record high in 2023, according to a report from the United States' northern neighbor. (Image: iStock-David Hills)

Government data from Canada found, in 2023, medically assisted suicides in the country soared to every 1 in 20, accounting for 15,343—or 4.7%—of deaths last year. That marks a 15.8% spike from the year before.

Those who took their lives via medically assisted suicide used Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) program, which has overseen the deaths of 60,301 people since it became legal in 2016.

Health Canada describes MAID as a "health service that allows someone who is found to be eligible to receive assistance from a medical practitioner to end their life." The grievous program uses poison, which is administered orally or intravenously, to end participants' lives... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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