Canadians are considering what to do now that the country’s highest court has struck down a ban on doctor-assisted suicide.
That was the unanimous ruling from the Supreme Court of Canada on Friday.
The judges found that consenting adults should be able choose to end their own lives - if they’re enduring intolerable suffering due to a “grievous or irremediable medical condition.�
To understand exactly what this ruling means for Canadians, VPR spoke with Professor Daniel Weinstock, the head of McGill University’s Institute for Health and Social Policy in Montreal.