(Picture: L-R: Mike Schouten, his late son Marcus, and his wife Jennifer just after Marcus’ high school graduation in 2021. Mike Schouten donned his late son’s jacket when he urged the AMAD committee to protect minors from assisted suicide. The final presentation to the special joint parliamentary/ senate committee on medical assistance in dying (AMAD) (Nov 2022) – made by … [Read more...] about Offer better palliative care, not death, urge grieving parents
Stop the carnage of MAiD
“MAiD is not end-of-life care. It is not an expression of equality; it is an exemption to equality.” “You hear your legislators discuss whether it would be better to be dead than to be like you. “Disabled people are dying en masse in institutions.” When three disability rights advocates addressed the special joint parliamentary/senate committee on medical … [Read more...] about Stop the carnage of MAiD