The EFC launches “Before it’s too late” campaign to stop MAiD for mental illness
The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) has launched a campaign calling for the repeal of the law allowing medical assistance in dying in Canada for those suffering with mental illness alone, due to take effect in Canada in March 2024. “Before It’s Too Late” is an awareness and resourcing campaign to encourage individual and church action to stop an expansion of MAiD that the EFC – and many other concerned voices – considers a dangerous mistake. “As we near the March 2024 date when medical assistance in dying will become available to our fellow Canadians suffering from mental illness alone, we are inviting Christians and churches to become educated on this issue and then act,”
Ask for things like more accessible palliative care and better medical and other supports for people living with disability or terminal illness, and we’ve worked to help churches consider how they can play a part in that,” “Now we are approaching an even more dangerous path, one that would make us the most permissive society in the world when it comes to death for our own citizens. For someone suffering from a mental illness to have euthanasia readily available is unacceptable. It’s time for the Church to speak again.” The EFC invites churches across Canada to pray together on Sunday, Oct. 22nd, for a stop to euthanasia for mental illness. Move into action through contacting MPs and other ways of speaking out against the further expansion of MAiD. Here “There are no additional legislative safeguards around MAiD for mental illness. This is deeply concerning given the immense complexity of mental health,” says Julia Beazley, director of the EFC’s Centre for Faith and Public Life in Ottawa. “It’s especially troubling to imagine a severely depressed 18-year-old being eligible for euthanasia. That could be the reality in Canada this coming March if nothing changes.”
Ask for things like more accessible palliative care and better medical and other supports for people living with disability or terminal illness, and we’ve worked to help churches consider how they can play a part in that,” “Now we are approaching an even more dangerous path, one that would make us the most permissive society in the world when it comes to death for our own citizens. For someone suffering from a mental illness to have euthanasia readily available is unacceptable. It’s time for the Church to speak again.” The EFC invites churches across Canada to pray together on Sunday, Oct. 22nd, for a stop to euthanasia for mental illness. Move into action through contacting MPs and other ways of speaking out against the further expansion of MAiD. Here “There are no additional legislative safeguards around MAiD for mental illness. This is deeply concerning given the immense complexity of mental health,” says Julia Beazley, director of the EFC’s Centre for Faith and Public Life in Ottawa. “It’s especially troubling to imagine a severely depressed 18-year-old being eligible for euthanasia. That could be the reality in Canada this coming March if nothing changes.”
