{"id":281421,"date":"2022-12-15T18:43:05","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T00:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=281421"},"modified":"2022-12-14T18:15:33","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T00:15:33","slug":"canadian-father-euthanasia-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/canadian-father-euthanasia-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian father campaigns against euthanasia for children"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One Canadian father is actively campaigning against the looming threat of euthanasia laws expanding to include ill children.<\/p>\n

Mike Schouten is an activist whose son, Markus, died of cancer earlier this year. After learning that lawmakers are considering a change in the law that would allow children to access Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD), the country’s legalized euthanasia and assisted suicide, Schouten spoke with Parliament<\/a> on November 25, pleading with members not to allow euthanasia for minors.<\/p>\n

Schouten drew from personal experience in his advocacy, as Markus died in May 2022, just 15 months after his cancer diagnosis. He was 18 years old.<\/p>\n

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“By giving some minors the right to request, you put all minors and their families in a position where they are obliged to consider,” he told the parliamentary committee, according to the Daily Mail. “If that happened to Markus, the message he would have heard would have been clear: ‘We don\u2019t value your life, we don\u2019t think it is worth living and if you want, we can end it for you.\u201d\u2019<\/p>\n

In an interview recently on Wake Up America<\/a>, Schouten further explained the impact he feels MAiD would have on children.<\/p>\n