Do Patients Without a Terminal Illness Have the Right to Die?
1 June 2025 at 17:00
Paula Ritchie wasn’t dying, but under Canada’s new rules, she qualified for a medically assisted death. Was that kindness or cruelty?
“I cannot get through a day,” Paula had said at an assessment for MAID eligibility. “It’s physical torture.”
© Oliver Farshi for The New York Times