Canadians are no longer just killing themselves via euthanasia — they’re also increasingly pushing for killing babies as well.
As it stands, Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) program “now accounts for about one in 20 deaths in Canada—more than Alzheimer’s and diabetes combined,” according to The Atlantic.
The New York Times is reporting that since Canada has made it possible for any “suffering” person to choose assisted su*c*de…as of data from 2023, now 1 in 20 people die as a result of the procedure
1 in 20
That’s outrageous
(From the pictured article) pic.twitter.com/UgvUHRWaDU
— Lisa Cooper (@LaLaLisaCooper) June 2, 2025
Since its legalization in 2016, euthanasia as a “solution” has gradually been expanded to include not just “gravely ill patients who [are] already at the end of life” but now “people [are] suffering from serious medical conditions but not facing imminent death.”
Worse, in two years, “MAID will be made available to those suffering only from mental illness.” The Canadian Parliament has also reportedly recommended granting MAID access to minors.
All this leads to the Quebec College of Physicians (CMQ) coming out in favor of legalizing euthanasia for babies born with severe illnesses.
Euthanasia for babies is currently only legal in the Netherlands, which The Atlantic notes is “the first country to adopt it since Nazi Germany did so in 1939.”
The Netherlands has even established a set of medical guidelines to govern baby euthanasia. They’re known as the Groningen Protocol.
On Oct. 7, 2022, Louis Roy from CMQ delivered a speech before the Special Joint Committee of Medical Assistance in Dying in which he raised the prospect of killing babies.
According to The Globe and Mail, Roy spoke of granting euthanasia to babies up to a year old “who are born with severe deformations, very grave and severe medical syndromes, whose life expectancy and level of suffering are such that it would make sense to ensure that they do not suffer.”
New Canadian survey on attitudes to euthanasia. 27% think people should have access to euthanasia because of poverty (41% among the 18-34). 28% for homelessness, 43% for mental illness, and 50% for being disabled (60% among the 18-34). pic.twitter.com/nCdL9NQDYG
— Yuan Yi Zhu (@yuanyi_z) May 8, 2023
In a statement to the Daily Mail issued this week, CMQ doubled down.
“The CMQ reiterates that medical assistance in dying may be an appropriate treatment for babies suffering from extreme pain that cannot be relieved and who have severe malformations or serious polysymptomatic syndromes that destroy any prospect of survival,” they said.
“The CMQ believes that parents should have the opportunity to obtain this care for their infant under these well-defined circumstances,” they added.
Some Canadians have even requested that euthanasia access be granted to children.
“Karie-Lyn Pelletier, from L’Islet [a province in Quebec], says she will wish to end the life of her four-year-old son, Abel, if his condition becomes worse,” RightToLife News reported in August 2021.
“Abel was born with Mednik syndrome, a genetic condition that means he is deaf and has severe learning disabilities and intestinal problems,” the stunning reporting continued.
Pelletier said at the time that euthanasia would be “the end that will deliver Abel from his sufferings and the fight he leads.”
A new report reveals that Canadian doctors are struggling to keep up with requests for assisted suicide. The article states that roughly 1 in 20 deaths in Canada now occur through euthanasia. Alex Schadenberg of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition shares more about the report. pic.twitter.com/UNR3AmFzfr
— EWTN News Nightly (@EWTNNewsNightly) August 21, 2025
Despite the radicalism of Pelletier’s proposal, it received support from then-Sen. Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu, one of the drafters of Bill C-7.
Passed by the Canadian Parliament in 2021, the bill “further extended euthanasia legislation to people with disabilities and those with mental health issues, over the age of eighteen,” according to RightToLife News.
Meanwhile, according to a recent report from The Canadian Press, Canadian liberal politicians have thus far shown “no signs” that they’re interested in putting a stop to MAID’s rapid expansion.
This, despite a report from the United Nations filed in spring, calling for Canada’s MAID legislation to be amended.
WOW Even the UN is calling on Canada to amend existing MAID legislation, stating in their report that the committee is EXTREMELY concerned about Canada’s assisted suicide policy pic.twitter.com/gNRMDTVPRP
— Melissa (@MelissaLMRogers) June 19, 2025
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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