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'Assisted Dying' (called MAID in Canada) has long been considered a slippery slope. Stories like the one below have been coming out of Canada for several years - actually since MAID was made legal in Canada in June 2016. It appears to be a slippery slope indeed whereever it is made legal. Wondering what people think of making government-assisted suicide legal.
𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐎 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐌𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑, 𝟖𝟑, 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐄𝐔𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐙𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐄𝐅𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐈𝐎𝐔𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐒
Brigitte Stegemann, 83, a Christian grandmother living in a long-term care home near Belleville, Ontario, d∗ed on July 10 after receiving medical assistance in dy∗ng, according to IBTimes UK. Her granddaughter says she had repeatedly turned it down on religious grounds.
Brigitte Kranendonk, Stegemann’s granddaughter and power of attorney, says she asked her grandmother two days earlier whether she knew she would d∗e that Friday. Kranendonk says Stegemann cried for about 45 minutes and said, “𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦.”
Kranendonk says English was not Stegemann’s first language and that she was severely hearing-impaired. She says she was asked to leave the room during the same-day assessment, and about four minutes later the doctor announced her grandmother was 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐀𝐢𝐃. Kranendonk says she told the doctor, “𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨.”
Belleville Police told IBTimes the matter is 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. The family has also gone to the Ontario Chief Coroner and the Patient Ombudsman. The care home and the MAiD practitioners have not publicly commented and are understood to maintain that she legally consented.
These are the family's allegations, and nothing has been proven. But when a granddaughter says an 83-year-old woman begged and a doctor signed off in minutes, 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐬𝐤.
𝐀 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐧𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞. 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭.
- M.A. Rothman
𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐎 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐌𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑, 𝟖𝟑, 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐄𝐔𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐙𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐄𝐅𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐈𝐎𝐔𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐒
Brigitte Stegemann, 83, a Christian grandmother living in a long-term care home near Belleville, Ontario, d∗ed on July 10 after receiving medical assistance in dy∗ng, according to IBTimes UK. Her granddaughter says she had repeatedly turned it down on religious grounds.
Brigitte Kranendonk, Stegemann’s granddaughter and power of attorney, says she asked her grandmother two days earlier whether she knew she would d∗e that Friday. Kranendonk says Stegemann cried for about 45 minutes and said, “𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦.”
Kranendonk says English was not Stegemann’s first language and that she was severely hearing-impaired. She says she was asked to leave the room during the same-day assessment, and about four minutes later the doctor announced her grandmother was 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐀𝐢𝐃. Kranendonk says she told the doctor, “𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨.”
Belleville Police told IBTimes the matter is 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. The family has also gone to the Ontario Chief Coroner and the Patient Ombudsman. The care home and the MAiD practitioners have not publicly commented and are understood to maintain that she legally consented.
These are the family's allegations, and nothing has been proven. But when a granddaughter says an 83-year-old woman begged and a doctor signed off in minutes, 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐬𝐤.
𝐀 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐧𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞. 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭.
- M.A. Rothman
