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Canada will not extend medical assistance in dying (MAID) for people who are seeking it on the basis of mental illness alone, Justice Minister Sean Fraser said

Canada says it will indefinitely suspend plans to expand its medically assisted dying law to people whose sole condition is mental illness, citing a lack of consensus on who would be eligible

Nurses Brandy Frye (left) and Susan Fleishman work the night shift at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital in British Columbia. Both said they left their longtime U.S. jobs last year to get away from the policies and hateful rhetoric of President Trump. Taylor Pradine/KFF Health Newshide caption