加拿大的法律挑战质疑在协助戒毒法中排除精神失常问题。 Canadian legal challenge questions exclusion of mental disorders in assisted-dying law.
加拿大的助役法在排斥精神失常者方面面临着法律挑战。 Canada's assisted-dying law faces a legal challenge over its exclusion of people with mental disorders. 非营利组织“有尊严地死去”(Dying with Dignity)已向安大略省高等法院提出申请,认为排除心理健康问题具有歧视性,违反了《加拿大权利和自由宪章》。 Dying with Dignity, a non-profit organization, has filed an application in Ontario Superior Court, arguing that excluding mental health issues is discriminatory and violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. 该组织要求法院立即取消对精神健康的排斥。 The organization is demanding that the court immediately quash the mental health exclusion. 利巴尔政府推迟了协助死亡的扩大, 让它包括精神健康问题, 直到2027年, 理由是省份的担忧和精神病医生的悬而未决的问题, 关于确定某人的精神疾病是否可以治愈. The Liberal government delayed the expansion of assisted dying to include mental health issues until 2027, citing concerns from provinces and outstanding questions from psychiatrists about determining whether someone's mental illness can be cured.