{"id":323634,"date":"2024-12-28T15:55:42","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T21:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=323634"},"modified":"2024-12-27T18:34:35","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T00:34:35","slug":"canadian-woman-health-care-assisted-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/canadian-woman-health-care-assisted-suicide\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian woman denied access to health care, approved for assisted suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>

A Canadian woman is speaking out after she was approved for assisted suicide, but she doesn’t want to die \u2014 she just wants adequate healthcare.<\/p>\n

Marcia Doherty, also known online as “Madeline” is living with severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), a chronic illness that causes a host of symptoms, including<\/a> “influenza-like symptoms, cognitive impairment, multiple forms of pain, and heart, lung, blood pressure, and digestive dysfunctions, among other significantly debilitating symptoms.”<\/p>\n

According to the Canary<\/a>, though ME has severe side effects, it is “underrecognized” in British Columbia’s medical system, which means many of Doherty’s treatments aren’t covered under the national healthcare system. As a result, she has accumulated $45,000 in medical debt, and now relies on crowdfunding just to survive. Shockingly, though her healthcare needs aren’t being met, the Canadian government has approved her for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), the country’s legalized assisted suicide program.<\/p>\n

Doherty has taken her story public, launching a petition<\/a> and a GoFundMe\u00a0to try and advocate for change, both for herself and for others who live with ME.<\/p>\n

READ: Study finds women are unprepared for the severity of abortion pill pain<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

“For years, I\u2019ve fought to stay alive and advocate for my community,” Doherty said. “Yet over and over I\u2019ve been told there\u2019s no route to adequately help people like me \u2013 no human rights recourse, no legal pathway to address the systemic neglect of my illness. I\u2019ve worked with the medical community, government ministries and legal experts, and been told that coverage for ME is a political decision. Well, political change only happens when there\u2019s public awareness \u2013 which is why I\u2019m sharing my story.”<\/p>\n

There have been multiple previous instances of people being approved for MAiD rather than being given the adequate healthcare<\/a> they need. These stories come as reports show that MAiD deaths in Canada are at an all-time high, and continuing to rise. There are also reports of coercion<\/a>, and MAiD being suggested to ill people as a normal course of action. These stories underscore some of the many problems that can and do occur when suicide is legalized \u2014 when death is presented as an option, adequate care, and dignified treatment get pushed aside.<\/p>\n

Tell President Trump, RFK, Jr., Elon, and Vivek: <\/i><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Stop killing America\u2019s future. Defund Planned Parenthood NOW!<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Canadian woman is speaking out after she was approved for assisted suicide, but she doesn’t want to die \u2014 she just wants adequate healthcare. Marcia Doherty, also known online as “Madeline” is living with severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), a chronic illness that causes a host of symptoms, including “influenza-like symptoms, cognitive impairment, multiple forms […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":607,"featured_media":288880,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[5,3473],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nCanadian woman denied access to health care, approved for assisted suicide<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Madeline was told coverage for her health condition is a 'political decision' and was instead approved for assisted suicide.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/canadian-woman-health-care-assisted-suicide\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Canadian woman denied access to health care, approved for assisted suicide\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Madeline was told coverage for her health condition is a 'political decision' and was instead approved for assisted suicide.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/canadian-woman-health-care-assisted-suicide\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Live Action News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-12-28T21:55:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-28T00:34:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/GettyImages-1406085163-sad-hospital-woman.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bridget Sielicki\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bridget Sielicki\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/canadian-woman-health-care-assisted-suicide\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/canadian-woman-health-care-assisted-suicide\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Bridget Sielicki\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/354818e37fca891455094342cfaacf2f\"},\"headline\":\"Canadian woman denied access to health care, approved for assisted suicide\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-28T21:55:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-28T00:34:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/canadian-woman-health-care-assisted-suicide\/\"},\"wordCount\":393,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"International\",\"Newsbreak\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/canadian-woman-health-care-assisted-suicide\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/canadian-woman-health-care-assisted-suicide\/\",\"name\":\"Canadian woman denied access to health care, approved for assisted suicide\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-28T21:55:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-28T00:34:35+00:00\",\"description\":\"Madeline was told coverage for her health condition is a 'political decision' and was instead approved for assisted suicide.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/canadian-woman-health-care-assisted-suicide\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/canadian-woman-health-care-assisted-suicide\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/canadian-woman-health-care-assisted-suicide\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Canadian woman denied access to health care, approved for assisted suicide\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Live Action News\",\"description\":\"Covering Human Rights, Abortion, & Pro-Life Issues\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Live Action\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png\",\"width\":701,\"height\":710,\"caption\":\"Live Action\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/liveaction\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/liveactionorg\/\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/LiveActionFilms\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/LiveActionFilms\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/354818e37fca891455094342cfaacf2f\",\"name\":\"Bridget Sielicki\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9cf04f4b8f1370c0d4ec72e4c6913a37?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9cf04f4b8f1370c0d4ec72e4c6913a37?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Bridget Sielicki\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/author\/bridget-sielicki\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Canadian woman denied access to health care, approved for assisted suicide","description":"Madeline was told coverage for her health condition is a 'political decision' and was instead approved for assisted suicide.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/canadian-woman-health-care-assisted-suicide\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Canadian woman denied access to health care, approved for assisted suicide","og_description":"Madeline was told coverage for her health condition is a 'political decision' and was instead approved for assisted suicide.","og_url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/canadian-woman-health-care-assisted-suicide\/","og_site_name":"Live Action News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction","article_published_time":"2024-12-28T21:55:42+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-12-28T00:34:35+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":650,"url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/GettyImages-1406085163-sad-hospital-woman.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Bridget Sielicki","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@liveaction","twitter_site":"@liveaction","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Bridget Sielicki","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/canadian-woman-health-care-assisted-suicide\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/canadian-woman-health-care-assisted-suicide\/"},"author":{"name":"Bridget Sielicki","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/354818e37fca891455094342cfaacf2f"},"headline":"Canadian woman denied access to health care, approved for assisted suicide","datePublished":"2024-12-28T21:55:42+00:00","dateModified":"2024-12-28T00:34:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/canadian-woman-health-care-assisted-suicide\/"},"wordCount":393,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization"},"articleSection":["International","Newsbreak"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/canadian-woman-health-care-assisted-suicide\/","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/canadian-woman-health-care-assisted-suicide\/","name":"Canadian woman denied access to health care, approved for assisted suicide","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-12-28T21:55:42+00:00","dateModified":"2024-12-28T00:34:35+00:00","description":"Madeline was told coverage for her health condition is a 'political decision' and was instead approved for assisted suicide.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/canadian-woman-health-care-assisted-suicide\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/canadian-woman-health-care-assisted-suicide\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/canadian-woman-health-care-assisted-suicide\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Canadian woman denied access to health care, approved for assisted suicide"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/","name":"Live Action News","description":"Covering Human Rights, Abortion, & Pro-Life Issues","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization","name":"Live Action","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png","width":701,"height":710,"caption":"Live Action"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction","https:\/\/twitter.com\/liveaction","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/liveactionorg\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/LiveActionFilms\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/LiveActionFilms"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/354818e37fca891455094342cfaacf2f","name":"Bridget Sielicki","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9cf04f4b8f1370c0d4ec72e4c6913a37?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9cf04f4b8f1370c0d4ec72e4c6913a37?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Bridget Sielicki"},"url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/author\/bridget-sielicki\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323634"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/607"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323634"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":323737,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323634\/revisions\/323737"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}