Doctors in Canada have made a bone-chilling call for the government to expand the nation’s radical “assisted suicide” laws to give physicians new powers to begin euthanizing newborn babies.
The alarming demand for extending so-called “Medical Assistance in Dying” (MAiD) to newborn children was made by a provincial medical authority in Quebec.
The Quebec College of Physicians has stated that “medical assistance in dying may be an appropriate treatment for babies suffering from extreme pain,” adding that “parents should have the opportunity to obtain this care for their infant.”
The position marks a significant escalation in Canada’s already broad euthanasia framework and is expected to intensify ethical and political debate nationwide.
The news has triggered worldwide alarm that Canada may be edging toward one of the most controversial expansions yet of its euthanasia regime.
Push to Include Infants Is Not New
Calls to permit euthanasia for infants have surfaced before in Canada’s policy discussions.
In 2022, Quebec College of Physicians member Louis Roy told a parliamentary committee the procedure could be considered for “babies from birth to one year of age” who suffer from severe deformities or disabilities.
Even members of Canada’s Liberal government expressed alarm at the suggestion.
Former Disabilities Minister Carla Qualtrough responded at the time that there is “no world where I would accept that.”
Canada’s Expanding Euthanasia Regime
Canada legalized assisted suicide in 2016 under former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, initially limiting eligibility to terminally ill adults.
That slippery slope framework was later broadened through Bill C-7, allowing individuals with chronic illness to qualify even when death is not imminent.
The federal government has also pursued extending euthanasia to those suffering solely from mental illness.
However, the Canadian government was forced to delay implementation of the plan until 2027 following opposition from medical professionals, pro-life advocates, mental-health experts, and multiple provinces.
Meanwhile, federally funded academic research has explored youth perspectives on euthanasia, including discussion of whether children with severe autism might one day be considered eligible.
The ongoing push to expand the laws is further fueling concern among critics who warn that the policy trajectory continues to widen.
Conservative Lawmakers Move to Block Further Expansion
Canadian Conservative lawmakers have introduced legislation aimed at halting additional euthanasia expansions and preventing coercion.
Conservative MP Garnett Genuis introduced Bill C-260.
Genuis’s legislation would prohibit government officials or authority figures from suggesting euthanasia to individuals who did not request it.
Separately, Conservative MP Tamara Jansen introduced Bill C-218, designed to block extending euthanasia eligibility to those suffering from mental illness.
Jansen warned that permitting such deaths is “not healthcare, that’s not compassion, it’s abandonment.”
Consent No Longer Mandatory
Canada’s state-run euthanasia regime recently crossed a horrifying new line after an elderly woman was killed after explicitly saying she wanted to live, according to an official government review.
The woman, identified only as “Mrs. B”, was euthanized by the Canadian government within hours of objecting to “assisted suicide.”
Despite repeatedly stating that she refused euthanasia and wanted hospice care instead, she was reportedly euthanized by the government’s socialized healthcare system.
Doctors decided to give Mrs. B a lethal injection anyway, against her wishes, after arguing that her husband, who was her main caregiver, appeared “burned out” from taking care of his wife.
Critics warn that the case exposes how Canada’s MAiD system is rapidly devolving into a machinery of coercion and death.
Mounting National Debate
Euthanasia has become one of the leading causes of death in Canada, ranking sixth overall.
It’s a statistic frequently cited in the growing national debate.
Euthanasia was not listed among the country’s top ten causes of death between 2019 and 2022, showing how rapidly the situation has escalated.
With influential medical authorities now signaling openness to euthanasia for newborn infants, the “assisted suicide” agenda has entered an even darker new phase.
Canada appears poised for another defining confrontation over the limits of state-sanctioned death, medical ethics, and the protection of the most vulnerable.
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