{"id":10561,"date":"2021-02-20T22:55:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-21T06:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10561"},"modified":"2021-03-05T23:02:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T07:02:43","slug":"mental-illness-should-never-be-a-death-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10561","title":{"rendered":"Mental illness should never be a death sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>National Newswatch<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Margaret Eaton<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone living with mental illness knows it can absolutely be grievous and even unbearable. However, what sets mental illness apart from all other types of suffering is that there always remains the hope of recovery. That\u2019s why the Senate\u2019s amendment to C-7, the assisted dying bill, is so concerning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People with a mental health problem or illness need assistance to live and thrive, not hasten death. . . [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalnewswatch.com\/2021\/02\/20\/mental-illness-should-never-be-a-death-sentence\/#.YDgNrmhKiUk\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Newswatch Margaret Eaton Anyone living with mental illness knows it can absolutely be grievous and even unbearable. However, what sets mental illness apart from all other types of suffering is that there always remains the hope of recovery. That\u2019s why the Senate\u2019s amendment to C-7, the assisted dying bill, is so concerning. People with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10561\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mental illness should never be a death sentence&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,32,4,162,7,2339],"tags":[2824,2439],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-10561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-canada","category-commentary","category-euthanasia","category-law","category-policies","tag-canadian-mental-health-association","tag-mental-illness"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Mental illness should never be a death sentence - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"People with mental health problems or illness need help to live and thrive, not die. 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