{"id":288072,"date":"2023-03-29T12:45:42","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T17:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=288072"},"modified":"2023-03-27T21:08:03","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T02:08:03","slug":"canadian-diabetes-assisted-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/canadian-diabetes-assisted-suicide\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian mother fights to save son with diabetes from assisted suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A desperate mother is doing all she can to save her son from undergoing Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD) \u2014 first in Canada and now in Switzerland.<\/p>\n

Last year, Margaret Marsilla worked with the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition<\/a> after finding out her 23-year-old son had been approved for MAiD, with his only diagnosis being Type 1 Diabetes. Between diabetes and losing his eyesight, her son felt like his life was no longer worth living.<\/p>\n

In a petition<\/a>, Marsilla explained that doctors approved his application and had set a date for her son to die, even though his condition was able to be managed through treatment. “There are plenty of treatments out there for all of this but my son is giving up on life not because of pain and suffering but because it affected him mentally and emotionally,” she wrote. “Giving up is in the now, but killing yourself is for eternal, and not a good reason for MAiD.”<\/p>\n

Furthermore, she said there had been no efforts to improve her son’s treatment, contact family members, or get him help for suicidal ideation.<\/p>\n

The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition has since published an update<\/a>; his euthanasia was originally scheduled for September 22, but Marsilla’s campaign to stop it was successful. MAID House, the organization where her son was going to be killed, ultimately backed out, and the doctor who approved his application backed out as well.<\/p>\n

Yet the battle still isn’t over. Marsilla’s son, Kiano Vafaien, appeared on the Rupa Subramanya Show on March 17th, where he insisted he was still planning to die.<\/p>\n

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While Canada seeks to expand assisted dying to the mentally ill and even mature minors, Rupa\u2019s discussion with Kiano Vafaien sheds light and provides additional context on the controversial practice.<\/p>\n

Watch The @rupasubramanya<\/a> Show: https:\/\/t.co\/EKT2s6xB8R<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/REhkPbnMto<\/a><\/p>\n

— True North (@TrueNorthCentre) March 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n