Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Kristy Kirkup
Publication Date: May 28, 2025 - 21:52
Son of Kay Carter seeking right to assisted death his mother fought for
May 28, 2025
A decade ago, Price Carter’s mother was at the forefront of a landmark legal battle that resulted in Canada’s highest court recognizing the right of consenting adults to access doctor-assisted deaths if they suffered “intolerable suffering.” Kay Carter lived with excruciating spinal stenosis and used a wheelchair. No doctor could legally help her die in Canada, so the 89-year-old travelled to Switzerland in 2010 where she ate chocolates before a physician gave her medication to die.
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