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Life Issues - Canada Approves Assisted Suicide Instead of Healing
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A heartbreaking case out of Canada shows the grim direction of the nation’s assisted-suicide program. Jolene Van Alstine, suffering from a painful parathyroid condition, spent years begging for the surgery she needed.
She couldn’t find a surgeon in her province, nor an endocrinologist willing to refer her elsewhere. Instead of receiving treatment, she was approved for assisted suicide, scheduled for January 2026. Her story exposes a critical flaw in Canada’s so-called universal health care: when the system fails to provide care, it offers death instead.
This case proves MAID is no longer a “last resort,” but an escape for a system unable or unwilling to treat the most vulnerable. Van Alstine’s case raises a stark question, how many more patients will be offered death rather than healing?