Dying with Christ, Living with Hope
Since the expansion of MAiD in 2021, people with disabilities and chronic conditions are now eligible. This has caused great concern from members of the disability community because they feel that by amending the law, Canadian society is saying that some lives are not worth living. Last week, two prominent disability groups brought a lawsuit against the government asking the court to reverse a law which allowed MAiD for people with a disability.
Many people think that MAiD is only for people who are about to die. This is not correct. Since 2021, MAiD has expanded to persons with disabilities and chronic conditions.
Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) is an umbrella term that refers to both euthanasia (a lethal injection) and assisted suicide (a lethal drug) that are prescribed to a patient for the purpose of ending life. A 2020 Church document called the procedure “intrinsically evil”. Many Catholics are confused about this. For the next fourteen weeks we will be providing readers with some basic facts designed to explain why the Catholic Church insists that MAiD is contrary to the teaching of Jesus Christ, and the hope we have when we unite our death and dying to Christ.
