Montreal, Canada, Oct 7, 2026 (AFP) - Canada will not allow assisted suicide for those with only mental illness

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Canada will not allow medically assisted suicide for people whose only condition is mental illness, the justice minister said Wednesday, seeking to close debate on one of the country's most controversial healthcare issues. Canada legalized assisted dying for those at the end of life in 2016. The right was extended to those suffering from serious and incurable illnesses in 2021, even if death was not "reasonably foreseeable." Initially, Canada was......

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