She was suffering from terminal cancer that had spread to her brain, and feared that might prevent her from giving final consent for an assisted death. She left with a public plea to the government to change the law and remove the late-consent clause for those like her who have been approved for an assisted death. That’s why the government is right not to rush into changing the assisted dying law, even with Parker’s deathbed plea so fresh in the public mind. Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) law, after all, is only two and a half years old. Even then, the law would have to make clear who would make the final decision to administer the lethal dose on the chosen date.

Source: thestar November 09, 2018 21:00 UTC