A growing number of Canadians are asking their medical providers to end their lives. With Bill C-7 expanding access to Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID), Canada has quickly become a world leader in providing easy access to assisted suicide. MAID in Canada: Toward a Faithful Christian Response to Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia is the 4th paper in our Sanctity of Life series. In 2021 there were 10,065 deaths by MAID – a five-fold increase from 2017. A growing number of these deaths are being requested by people who are not facing terminal illness and by March 2023 access to MAID will be expanded to include people suffering from mental illness, including depression.
David Guretzki, PhD, and Resident Theologian/Vice President (soon to be President) of the EFC (Evangelical Fellowship of Canada) offers deep cultural, historical, legal and biblical insights on this growing tsunami of moral and ethical issues troubling both secular and Christian observers alike. David’s paper provides the careful and scripturally grounded analysis required to begin rising to our responsibility as churches and individuals to understand both the issue of MAID and God’s will for how we should respond.
