Canadian Government Tried to Euthanize Woman for Losing ‘Ability to Cook’
by Frank Bergman
The Canadian government’s euthanasia regime has taken a chilling new turn after taxpayer-funded doctors were given the green light to euthanize a healthy woman because she had “lost her ability to cook,” arguing that the lethal injection was the only appropriate action because she had “lost her value.”
Canada’s socialist healthcare system approved a woman in her 70s for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) after she began believing that her role in her family had become diminished.
The woman ultimately chose to live after counseling helped her understand that her family loved her for who she was.
But approval to die had already been granted, and she was on track to be killed.
The chilling case was exposed by two psychiatrists who helped implement Canada’s assisted dying system.
They are now warning that people are being approved who should not be.
Gary Rodin and Madeline Li detailed the case in their October 5 New York Times opinion article, “We Implemented Canada’s Assisted Dying Law. We’re Concerned.”
Their warning comes alongside a separate family’s devastating accusation that an 83-year-old Christian grandmother was euthanized against her will while pleading for her life.
Approved to Die, Then Discovered Her Family Still Valued Her
The woman described by Rodin and Li had loved preparing large Sunday dinners for her family.
When she started to struggle to cook for large groups, she felt she no longer had anything to offer them.
“She sought and received approval for assisted dying after she lost the ability to cook,” Rodin and Li wrote.
“She felt she had lost her value to her family.
“Through counseling, she came to understand that her family valued who she was, not what she did for them.
“She decided not to go through with ending her life, at least for now,” the psychiatrists wrote.
“That Christmas, her family gathered and she sat proudly at the table, while others did the cooking and serving.”