A disabled man is campaigning to prevent state-funded doctors from euthanizing him under the Canadian government’s radical “assisted suicide” laws.
Roger Foley says he’s being pressured to die after spending nine years in a hospital.
He revealed that the state-funded facility is now pressuring him to choose euthanasia over supportive care.
Foley, who suffers from a severe neurological condition known as spinocerebellar ataxia, told LifeSiteNews that staff at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) in Ontario have repeatedly attempted to railroad him into Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) against his wishes.
“They (hospital staff) have resumed pressing suicide and MAiD questioning upon me, despite my repeated objections and pleas not to push it on me,” Foley said.
He described the questioning as intrusive and invasive, detailing how staff even raised the subject during personal care moments:
“Staff have become so fixated and inappropriate with pushing suicide-related questions that they’ve asked them while I was undergoing bloodwork and even during the cleaning of a bowel movement from my bed.”
Foley says the staff habitually ask if he’s feeling “suicidal,” knowing it often leads to discussion of euthanasia.
“They try to with suicide questioning every now and then, but I won’t engage with them because I know from my history in the hospital that their suicide questions lead to them bringing up MAiD,” he explained.
Foley has been hospitalized since 2016 due to complications from food poisoning and remains at LHSC.
However, he desperately wants to go home with personal caregivers.
He explained that he has been persistently offered euthanasia over the years, rather than being given proper support to leave the hospital.
His condition has worsened recently: the hospital replaced amber lighting with bright lights, which exacerbated his neurological symptoms.
“The new lighting causes me severe pain, temporary blindness, visual scarring, and has triggered a rapid health decline, resulting in acidosis and neurological collapse,” he said.
He’s now on IV fluids, cannot eat, drink, or take medication, and has been surviving with a feeding tube since May 6.
Foley admits he’s in a critical state:
“I am now in a medical crisis that will turn out fatal if the lighting accommodations are not restored.”
But he hasn’t given up hope and is battling to keep living and return home before his 50th birthday in September.
Foley is fighting a legal battle over control of his care.
He’s requesting self-directed funding to employ his own caregivers, an option common in countries like the U.S., U.K., France, and Australia.
But Ontario Health has denied his request, forcing him to appeal to the Ontario Court of Appeal.
“The type of home care that I need, self-directed funding, is actually a right to have in other countries,” Foley said.
“So, I am not asking for anything unreasonable, and it is a cost-saving compared to the monopolized one-size-fits-all agency home care enforced by Canada currently.”
Currently, there is both a petition to restore adequate medical care for Foley and a campaign to raise funds for his legal battle.
With over 60,000 lives ended under Canada’s MAiD program since 2016, Foley’s story sends a chilling message: when a vulnerable patient asks only for home care, the system pushes suicide-by-proxy.
In 2022 alone, 13,241 Canadians, 4.1% of all deaths, were killed by euthanasia, an increase of over 30% from the year before.
Foley’s case is now prompting national discussion—and a petition demanding full respect for his medical autonomy.
This isn’t just a personal tragedy; it’s a warning sign about how state-run healthcare systems can coerce euthanasia instead of supporting vulnerable lives.
Foley’s fight for self-directed care and freedom from the euthanasia push should be a wake-up call for other nations attempting to usher in so-called “assisted suicide” laws..
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