Abstract

This chapter focuses on one possible criterion for eligibility to access Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID): the “reasonably foreseeable natural death” requirement. This requirement was enacted by Bill C-14Bill C-14, which legalized MAID in June 2016, and later repealed by Bill C-7Bill C-7, which expanded eligibility for MAID in March 2021. The chapter explains the reasonings behind the original adoption and the later elimination of this criterion, and some of the problems that removing this criterion creates from a disability perspective.