{"id":26535,"date":"2026-05-08T19:33:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T02:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/?p=26535"},"modified":"2026-05-08T19:33:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T02:33:02","slug":"euthanasia-for-mental-illness-already-taking-place-in-canada-psychiatrist-testifies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/euthanasia-for-mental-illness-already-taking-place-in-canada-psychiatrist-testifies\/","title":{"rendered":"Euthanasia for mental illness already taking place in Canada, psychiatrist testifies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-syno-attrs=\"{&quot;textMarks&quot;:[{&quot;_&quot;:&quot;font_size&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:11},{&quot;_&quot;:&quot;font_family&quot;,&quot;complexScript&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;eastAsia&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;},{&quot;_&quot;:&quot;color&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:&quot;#000000&quot;},{&quot;_&quot;:&quot;background_color&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:&quot;transparent&quot;}]}\"><span data-syno-attrs=\"{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;eastAsia&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;complexScript&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;hint&quot;:&quot;default&quot;}\">A Canadian psychiatrist told MPs that he personally saw patients with mental illness offered state-sanctioned Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) in violation of the country\u2019s current euthanasia laws.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-syno-attrs=\"{&quot;textMarks&quot;:[{&quot;_&quot;:&quot;font_size&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:11},{&quot;_&quot;:&quot;font_family&quot;,&quot;complexScript&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;eastAsia&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;hint&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;},{&quot;_&quot;:&quot;color&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:&quot;#000000&quot;}]}\"><span data-syno-attrs=\"{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;eastAsia&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;complexScript&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;hint&quot;:&quot;default&quot;}\">MAiD for those with mental illness is not allowed under Canada\u2019s euthanasia rules. However, according to psychiatrist Dr. John Maher of Barrie, Ontario, individuals have tried to circumvent the law.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-syno-attrs=\"{&quot;textMarks&quot;:[{&quot;_&quot;:&quot;font_size&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:11},{&quot;_&quot;:&quot;font_family&quot;,&quot;complexScript&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;eastAsia&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;hint&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;},{&quot;_&quot;:&quot;color&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:&quot;#000000&quot;}]}\">Read more at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/euthanasia-for-mental-illness-already-taking-place-in-canada-psychiatrist-testifies\/?utm_source=latest_news\">lifesitenews.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Canadian psychiatrist told MPs that he personally saw patients with mental illness offered state-sanctioned Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) in violation of the country\u2019s current euthanasia laws. MAiD for those with mental illness is not allowed under Canada\u2019s euthanasia rules. However, according to psychiatrist Dr. John Maher of Barrie, Ontario, individuals have tried to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/euthanasia-for-mental-illness-already-taking-place-in-canada-psychiatrist-testifies\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Euthanasia for mental illness already taking place in Canada, psychiatrist testifies<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":21347,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/watching-300x100-300x100-1.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8fAkI-6TZ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26535"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26536,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26535\/revisions\/26536"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}