Analysis

Canada Will Soon Allow Assisted Suicide For Mental Illness. Deaths Are Already Exploding.

Assisted suicides have risen since they were legalized.

Mairead Elordi
Canada Will Soon Allow Assisted Suicide For Mental Illness. Deaths Are Already Exploding.
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If you were to guess at the number of people signing up for legal assisted suicide in Canada, you probably guess a few people a year, right? Maybe a few dozen at most?

Try 45,000 people — the population of Palm Springs, California.

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