Healthy actress seeks court‑ordered assisted death for mental illness
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Montreal-based actress Claire Brosseau, 49, is physically healthy but crippled by severe bipolar disorder and PTSD and has asked Ontario’s Superior Court for permission to die by medically assisted suicide. She has joined a lawsuit arguing that Canada’s MAID rules discriminate by excluding mental illness, has previously attempted suicide, and says she cannot endure the suffering. If granted, she would die in a hospital to donate her organs and wishes to be alone at the end to spare loved ones, while doctors are divided on MAID in mental illness cases.
- Physically healthy actress with ‘embarrassment of riches’ begs court to allow her to die by assisted suicide New York Post
- Most Canadians Support MAID. But the Issue of Access for People With Mental Illness Is Fraught. The New York Times
- Toronto woman who wants to die by MAID asks court for urgent exemption CBC
- Toronto woman with bipolar disorder asks Ontario court to grant her emergency MAID access The Globe and Mail
- EFC urges Canadian policymakers to support people with mental illness, not expand assisted dying eligibility www.christiandaily.com
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