'He's being pushed by his own mind to want to end his life.' A Nova Scotia woman is in a legal fight to stop her husband from seeking medically-assisted death.TORONTO -- For the first time since assisted death was legalized in Canada in 2016, a judge has ordered that a request for medical help in dying be put on hold.
The 83-year-old man has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which he was diagnosed with in 2003. He says he was given three years to live at that time. He also suffered a series of small strokes decades ago and was diagnosed with dementia in 2019. In July a new and different group of assessors approved the man for assisted death – setting the date for August 3, which prompted Katherine to contact a lawyer and get an injunction to put her husband's death on hold.
"I think to put somebody effectively to death … when we don't have that answer, and where the request can be made truly based on a delusion, is simply a complete violation of the rule of law in this country. I don't think it's what the Supreme Court of Canada or Parliament had in mind when it decriminalized euthanasia and ultimately required that safeguards be put in place to protect those who are vulnerable from the risks of serious abuse.
His body, his life. The wife has no business intervening and should be ashamed of herself. It's her pain that she is trying to address without regard for his pain, suffering and wishes. How awful!
So much for 'mY bODy My cHOicE '. Hypocritical
Mind your own business and leave the dude alone🤦
Good you stripped his rights away by your selfishness
“At the end of the day, this is an individual's choice – it's not a group decision.” Yeah, so why can’t a person choose to die? For whatever reason and be allowed too ? Eh ?!? How many are forced to choose suicide? And fail? 🤷♀️ 🤔
Argument: He's too sick to seek death. WELP
Not up to HER what HE does with his life! Married or not, your body is your own!!!
SaveOurChildren
His choice.
Please respect his wishes. I don't know your circumstance but I watched my mother go and now a cousin of mine is dying of cancer and he wants to go. The end is not a site to see. 😎❤🌷🌷
cant imagine asking 2die and then them telling u ''ok, ur appointment is set for Aug.3rd..literally a month from now'' so odd to think about. and i know ppl arent religious like they used 2 be but shouldnt God be the one to decide when you die? God puts u thru stuff for a reason.
Let him go.
His choice.
She doesn’t feel the his own pain!
Don’t blam the guy, I would leave the controlling wife too.
myunclesmemes
Hoping this works out for the best good luck , my wife can really annoy me at times but I cannot imagine losing her 🤓
I would do the same thing as her husband. If he has enough faculties to leave her and not talk to her he is competent enough to make a decision. Every person having to make this type of decision would be depressed. It is his choice.
marriage that’s what it does!! Lol
It's fear and selfishness masquerading as advocacy. My father has dementia and my mother has been the same way to the point it's now affected her relationship with her own children.
Client Kabuki
It’s not your choice ! If he qualifies and is of sound mind you have no right to dictate another person’s medical decisions. you’re making his last days sad / angry ones instead of memorable ones.
His body, his decision.
He's 83, sick and it's his life.
He has so many health problems that’s only going to get progressively worse not just to go through but for those around him to see. He wants to go out his way and peacefully, respect his wishes. If you want him to have a good life, let the man have a good death.
Society is jumping around to revive the dead lungs of an 83 years old terminally ill man who wants to die while so many young people are not getting any help out of homelessness and hunger so that THEY can live.
Canadians with disabilities live in such extreme poverty that they are seeking medically assisted suicide to get away from hunger and the nightmare of being homeless. ODSPoverty OnthumanRights CBC
Let him go.
Selfish old hag.
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Gee I wonder why. You put his plans on your selfishness. You try living in his shoes and his struggles with this horrible disease
Wow just monsters on here. Kill him! He’s depressed! that solves everything! You think that solves HIS problems or “theirs!”
He’s 83 and suffering. Let him go. The fact that he won’t talk to you speaks volumes.
They are estranged, is she trying to prolong his misery? Seems sadistic and inhumane.
She didnt like what was in his will
It’s his life sis. Let him end it if he wants to.
It’s his life. Period. A’ho! MAiD
This makes me so angry! So selfish...
This is how desperate some men get to leave a marriage
His life his choice! He has COPD, had several strokes, and dementia? Fuck, stop making him suffer a life he doesn’t want
This is why it's important to discuss with your family of your End of Life plans and that your wishes are not to be change.
I think this man has suffered a lot and wants to go, let him go in peace.
This is selfish of her. I’m sad for what they’re going through but this is life.
She calls him a hypochondriac and not mentally capable. He was diagnosed with copd, a disease which can be agonizing, and strokes making him unable to care for himself with dignity. She wants to force him To suffer. Sounds like she is the one mentally unstable.
It's his choice. She should leave the guy alone.
This is a heart wrenching situation. She doesn’t want to let him go, and he doesn’t want to stay. I don’t blame either one, and I couldn’t imagine being in their shoes. I hope they both find peace in their own way.
This man 1⃣ is 83-year-old 2⃣ has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 3⃣ was diagnosed in 2003 4⃣ says he was given three years to live at that time 5⃣ suffered a series of small strokes decades ago 6⃣ was diagnosed with dementia in 2019.
Let the poor man go.
how is it that assessors can approve a petition without taking family opinions into consideration?
Maybe he should be filing for divorce then she can't stop him from doing what he wants. We don't allow animals to suffer why do we force humans to
It’s not up to her. People who oppose their loved ones MAID are only thinking of how they will suffer without that person. Think about the person suffering for once.
So she just wants to make his life more miserable. Sadistic and inhumane.
Bs. It's his body his life.
This sounds like a private health issue. Maybe a lawyer can step in and sue your ass for taking sides.
Point proven
it is his choice His life i don’t agree with the wife sorry.