“And it\u2019s been too much already,” Claire Brosseau said of her life situation. “It\u2019s enough.”<\/h5>\n\n\n\n![\"Canadian](\"https:\/\/mr.cdn.ignitecdn.com\/client_assets\/thepostmillennial_com\/media\/picture\/6954\/3bad\/5cc1\/8af2\/fc5d\/0e46\/original_pic_%2872%29.jpg?1767127983\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nBy Thomas Stevenson<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Canadian<\/a> actress and comedian is seeking to have her life taken by assisted suicide <\/a>after having several mental health issues. She is suing for her “right to die” with the Canadian Medical Assitance in Dying<\/a> (MAID) program.
Claire Brosseau, 48, is bringing the suit after she has struggled with manic depression, anxiety disorder, substance abuse disorder, chronic suicidal ideation and a number of other mental illnesses since she was a child. Brosseau, who was born in Montreal, has appeared in dozens of movies, attempted suicide multiple times, and is under the care of multiple mental health doctors.
The actress told the New York Times<\/a> that she has tried all sorts of medications, talk therapy, art therapy, and electroconvulsive therapy over the years, but nothing has been able to bring a lasting solution to her mental health issues.
Brosseau applied for Canada’s MAID program in 2021. The program allows for those who are suffering from “grievous and irremediable medical conditions” to end their life with the assistance of a doctor. However, chronic mental health issues are not eligible for approval under the program. Brosseau may not be able to legally end her life in Canada until 2027 and has joined a lawsuit with Dying With Dignity Canada in order to argue that excluding people with mental health issues is discriminatory of the program. The case is still pending.
Brosseau, who has many friends, a devoted family, a small dog, and \u201can embarrassment of riches,” still wants to end her own life. One of her psychiatrists, Dr. Mark Fefergrad, however, believes she can overcome the mental health challenges. \u201cI believe she can get well,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t think MAID is the best or only choice for her.\u201d
Another one of her psychiatrists, Dr. Gail Robinson, said she believes the government’s refusal to have her kill herself is a form of discrimination, but wants her to change her mind. \u201cI would love her to change her mind,\u201d Robinson said, \u201cI would hope that she would not have to do this. But I will support her.\u201d
\u201cAnd it\u2019s been too much already,\u201d Brosseau said of her life situation. \u201cIt\u2019s enough.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Is this a sign of the MAiD propaganda campaign in Canada, that this woman who has failed to kill herself several times is suing to have doctors kill her because of her mental illness? And keep in mind that MAiD makes up 5.1% of deaths in Canada. And this is socialized medicine, as they can’t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-world"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jason","author_link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/author\/jturning\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15123"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15126,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15123\/revisions\/15126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nBy Thomas Stevenson<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Canadian<\/a> actress and comedian is seeking to have her life taken by assisted suicide <\/a>after having several mental health issues. She is suing for her “right to die” with the Canadian Medical Assitance in Dying<\/a> (MAID) program. Is this a sign of the MAiD propaganda campaign in Canada, that this woman who has failed to kill herself several times is suing to have doctors kill her because of her mental illness? And keep in mind that MAiD makes up 5.1% of deaths in Canada. And this is socialized medicine, as they can’t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-world"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jason","author_link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/author\/jturning\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15123"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15126,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15123\/revisions\/15126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Claire Brosseau, 48, is bringing the suit after she has struggled with manic depression, anxiety disorder, substance abuse disorder, chronic suicidal ideation and a number of other mental illnesses since she was a child. Brosseau, who was born in Montreal, has appeared in dozens of movies, attempted suicide multiple times, and is under the care of multiple mental health doctors.
The actress told the New York Times<\/a> that she has tried all sorts of medications, talk therapy, art therapy, and electroconvulsive therapy over the years, but nothing has been able to bring a lasting solution to her mental health issues.
Brosseau applied for Canada’s MAID program in 2021. The program allows for those who are suffering from “grievous and irremediable medical conditions” to end their life with the assistance of a doctor. However, chronic mental health issues are not eligible for approval under the program. Brosseau may not be able to legally end her life in Canada until 2027 and has joined a lawsuit with Dying With Dignity Canada in order to argue that excluding people with mental health issues is discriminatory of the program. The case is still pending.
Brosseau, who has many friends, a devoted family, a small dog, and \u201can embarrassment of riches,” still wants to end her own life. One of her psychiatrists, Dr. Mark Fefergrad, however, believes she can overcome the mental health challenges. \u201cI believe she can get well,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t think MAID is the best or only choice for her.\u201d
Another one of her psychiatrists, Dr. Gail Robinson, said she believes the government’s refusal to have her kill herself is a form of discrimination, but wants her to change her mind. \u201cI would love her to change her mind,\u201d Robinson said, \u201cI would hope that she would not have to do this. But I will support her.\u201d
\u201cAnd it\u2019s been too much already,\u201d Brosseau said of her life situation. \u201cIt\u2019s enough.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"