Canada Pauses Mental Illness Euthanasia

Known and confirmed

• Canada indefinitely suspends expanding assisted dying to those with mental illness only.
• The move cites lack of medical consensus on the irremediable nature of such conditions.
• New rules allow advance consent for incurable illnesses, decided by provinces.

Unknown or unverified

• 最高法院未来可能如何裁决此案尚不明确。
• 各省对于提前签署同意书的具体执行标准尚未统一。
• 医学界对特定精神疾病“不可治愈”的定义仍在演变中。