A British Columbia judge has granted an injunction stopping a woman’s medically assisted death, the day before it was scheduled to take place in Vancouver.
The injunction granted on Saturday to the woman’s common-law partner prevents Dr. Ellen Wiebe or any other medical professional from helping end the life of the 53-year-old Alberta woman within 30 days.
The court application by the woman’s partner says she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder but later became convinced she had “akathisia”—an inability to stay still—and began exploring medical assistance in dying.
It says medical professionals told her the condition was “treatable” and “transitory” and could be managed, and she was unable to obtain approval for assistance to die in Alberta….