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Canada to indefinitely bar assisted dying for people whose sole condition is mental illness

Canada to indefinitely bar assisted dying for people whose sole condition is mental illness

Canada's Liberal government has announced it will indefinitely bar people with mental illness as their sole condition from receiving medical assistance in dying. This decision reverses a previously scheduled expansion set to take effect in March 2027. The new policy affects those with mental illness who do not have other medical conditions.

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