Canada has seen a significant cultural shift since euthanasia was legalized, marked by unsolicited offers of assisted death, lives being ended prematurely, and what some critics call its “glamorization” as an act of personal autonomy, says an advocate for the prevention of euthanasia.
The shift in public perception of assisted death is largely attributed to the expansion of euthanasia in Canada since its legalization in 2016, as well as growing acceptance of physical or emotional suffering as sufficient grounds to consider a life less bearable or no longer worth living, Amanda Achtman said in a recent interview with Jan Jekielek, host of The Epoch Times program “American Thought Leaders.”…