Father of Calgary woman starving herself abandons court fight against her MAiD approval
A woman received approval for MAiD, however, her family is fighting this decision because they don’t think she should qualify for MAiD. A judge ordered that her access to MAiD be placed on hold until the appeal decision is made. During the interim period, she began to starve herself, which led her case to be expedited to June 24th. However, the family has currently dropped the appeal for their daughter’s MAiD approval.
Relevance
The article explains the conflict of MAiD between patients and their families. Notably, the patient’s known diagnosis alone does not qualify them for MAiD. Therefore, this raises questions on how this patient was able to qualify for MAiD. If Catholic hospitals generally oppose MAiD, this story potentially presents an argument for MAiD approval as too broad.
