Scotland urged to follow Canada’s example on assisted dying
Scotland should not be deterred by the isolated cases of abuse in Canada’s assisted dying system, according to a leading campaigner for the right to die. Sheila Duffy, the chief executive of Dignity in Dying Scotland, said that the Canadian model was “the best in the world” and that the benefits outweighed the risks. Canada’s assisted dying law Canada legalized medical assistance in dying (MAID) in 2016, after the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the ban on assisted dying violated the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The law allows eligible adults who are suffering intolerably from a grievous and irremediable medical condition to request and receive help to end their lives.…