Venting Quebec Minister has blocked Mental Illness Eligibility for MAID

[alizee]

I'm awfully sad right now and for everyone that was looking forward to March (when MAID is going to be offered in Quebec) but now MAID will only be for people with intolerable illnesses that have some type of physical attribute. Meaning if a person suffers an intolerable psychological illness they're out of luck. I wanted to get it for Gender Dysphoria and now I'm likely going to go out with a rope instead.

I hate this world. I've spent the past two years personally advocating for MAID eligibility by writing my own life story with suffering gender dysphoria to the Minister, members of parliament, many doctors and experts in the end of life commission. All seems to be for nothing but I'm going to be calling this morning to see if I can find out if it's not all hopeless yet for people like me wanting to get MAID in Quebec.

Quebec on Monday walked back a plan to offer medical aid in dying to those suffering severe, incurable mental illness and will now consult widely before making a final decision on the controversial issue.

Health Minister Danielle McCann made the announcement in Montreal at the opening of a one-day forum on changes to the province's medical aid in dying law.

"We will, first, continue our consultations with the population," McCann told reporters in Montreal. "We'd already announced that we would have a consultation at the end of February or early March, but we'll go further and we'll take the time we need to make sure we have a real social consensus."

The consultation must continue in order to ensure Quebecers feel confident and comfortable with the choices that will be made, McCann said.

She said she's been preoccupied by concerns that have been raised since she announced last Tuesday that, as part of changes to the province's legislation to abide by a Quebec Superior Court ruling, the procedure would be made available to people suffering from severe mental illnesses that can't be treated.

Last week, the province announced it would comply with last year's court ruling that struck down part of its medical aid in dying legislation — specifically the requirement that someone seeking medically assisted death be "at the end of life."

The same Quebec Superior Court judgment invalidated the "reasonably foreseeable natural death" requirement of the federal Criminal Code.

But amid criticism following that announcement, the province decided to roll back the measure offering the procedure to patients suffering from only mental ailments.

"I have been very sensitive to what has come out in the last few days," McCann said.

She said the consultation process — originally expected to last at least a day — will now last "as long as it takes, because we need to have a social consensus around this question."

But she assured those who suffer from serious degenerative diseases causing significant physical suffering that cannot be resolved by doctors and who meet the other criteria of the law can have access as so ordered by the court.

The case was brought by two Quebec residents — Nicole Gladu and Jean Truchon — who suffered from incurable degenerative diseases but did not meet the criteria for assisted death.

"The people who have neurodegenerative problems just like Madame Gladu and Monsieur Truchon will have access to medical assistance in dying on March 12, and we'll see what happens with the federal government," McCann said.

TheParti Quebecois' Veronique Hivon welcomed the decision, saying the government had listened to concerns.

Hivon, who started the legislative process for medical aid in dying years ago while the PQ was in office, has said a fragile social consensus has been built on the highly controversial issue and going too fast with severely mentally ill patients would put that at risk.

"I sincerely thank Minister McCann for having reviewed her position, for having heard that society wants to be heard on this very sensitive and very complex issue," Hivon said.

Jean-Pierre Menard, the lawyer who argued on behalf of Gladu and Truchon, also said extending consultation was the right decision.@

"Consulting for the time that is necessary is desirable, we can never consult too much in this area," Menard said on the sidelines of the Montreal forum. "But we shouldn't use the consultation to evade the issue."

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan 27, 2020

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[BadRNG]

I'm awfully sad right now and for everyone that was looking forward to March (when MAID is going to be offered in Quebec) but now MAID will only be for people with intolerable illnesses that have some type of physical attribute. Meaning if a person suffers an intolerable psychological illness they're out of luck. I wanted to get it for Gender Dysphoria and now I'm likely going to go out with a rope instead.

I hate this world. I've spent the past two years personally advocating for MAID eligibility by writing my own life story with suffering gender dysphoria to the Minister, members of parliament, many doctors and experts in the end of life commission. All seems to be for nothing but I'm going to be calling this morning to see if I can find out if it's not all hopeless yet for people like me wanting to get MAID in Quebec.



Source:

Quebec to seek consensus on offering medical aid in dying to mentally ill

MONTREAL — Quebec on Monday walked back a plan to offer medical aid in dying to those suffering severe, incurable mental illness and will now consult widely…

nationalpost.com

I can't even believe how hard it is to have gender dysphoria, my reason to ctb is loving the same gender, it's as bad as your case but my god I hate it, I have been suppressing my self, just beating my self everytime I have any thoughts about anyone my whole life, I can't keep doing this my libido will just die and I am only halfway thru 18. I am still just hanging on because I hope something is just gonna change me like in 1 night but I highly doubt it. I really hate reality I can't deal with this it's so fucking hard someone shoot me.

 

[alizee]

I can't even believe how hard it is to have gender dysphoria, my reason to ctb is loving the same gender, it's as bad as your case but my god I hate it, I have been suppressing my self, just beating my self everytime I have any thoughts about anyone my whole life, I can't keep doing this my libido will just die and I am only halfway thru 18. I am still just hanging on because I hope something is just gonna change me like in 1 night but I highly doubt it. I really hate reality I can't deal with this it's so fucking hard someone shoot me.

Sorry you're going through that self denial hate. I'm wanting to end my life because I had religious parents that prevented me from transitioning young. Many unhelpful medical professionals back then as well. Puberty happened awhile ago and now there isn't really anything I can do to reverse the damage with constant reminder how I got screwed by those people.

I don't want to downplay what you're going through but is it not acceptable for where you live to love the same gender? I feel like being gay is somewhat considered normal in society nowadays but it depends where you're located.

 

[Pan]

I'm awfully sad right now and for everyone that was looking forward to March (when MAID is going to be offered in Quebec) but now MAID will only be for people with intolerable illnesses that have some type of physical attribute. Meaning if a person suffers an intolerable psychological illness they're out of luck. I wanted to get it for Gender Dysphoria and now I'm likely going to go out with a rope instead.

I hate this world. I've spent the past two years personally advocating for MAID eligibility by writing my own life story with suffering gender dysphoria to the Minister, members of parliament, many doctors and experts in the end of life commission. All seems to be for nothing but I'm going to be calling this morning to see if I can find out if it's not all hopeless yet for people like me wanting to get MAID in Quebec.



Source:

Quebec to seek consensus on offering medical aid in dying to mentally ill

MONTREAL — Quebec on Monday walked back a plan to offer medical aid in dying to those suffering severe, incurable mental illness and will now consult widely…

nationalpost.com

Does'nt it figure: we are told how to live and how to die.