Canada Delays Expanded Assisted Suicide Program

Canada has delayed plans to extend medically assisted suicide to those suffering only from mental illness due to a lack of available doctors, leading to a delay of at least three years. The delay has been met with mixed reactions from the public, with some concerned about the lack of psychiatric care in the country and others advocating for the choice to die with dignity. One woman, Cathy Van Buskirk, has been affected by the delay and is struggling with the inability to access medically assisted death for her mental illness, which she had been looking forward to. The delay in the program's expansion has led to a court battle in Kenya, where a woman is fighting for her right to access safe abortion and post-rape care due to her mental health condition. The woman, codenamed ROM, has suffered from sexual violence and claims that she did not receive proper care due to her mental illness.