Canada’s government announced this week its intention to delay the expansion of the medically assisted in dying program, known as MAID. It follows a series of hearings about whether those only with a mental illness should be allowed to seek out euthanasia. The World’s co-host Carolyn Beeler spoke with Trudo Lemmens, a law professor at the University of Toronto, about the concerns around the expansion of the MAID program.
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