Calgary Judge Approves MAID for Woman With No Apparent Physical Illness

A Calgary judge has rejected a motion to stop a 27-year-old autistic woman from undergoing medical assistance in dying (MAID), despite reports that she suffers from no physical illness, and has refused to examine how she was approved for the procedure. Justice Colin Feasby ruled that the woman, who is unnamed due to a publication ban, will be able to undergo MAID, rejecting an intervention brought forward by her father, who argued that the 27-year-old was not competent to make the choice to end her own life. In his ruling, Justice Feasby stated that the “dignity and right to self-determination” of the 27-year-old woman was more important than the issues raised by her father, which included describing the harm he would suffer from losing his daughter....