THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Canadian Euthanasia Deaths Surpass U.S. Gun Homicides Annually.
Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) program recorded more deaths in 2024 than U.S. gun homicides, raising ethical and societal concerns about the program's rapid expansion.
Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) program recorded more deaths in 2024 than U.S. gun homicides, raising ethical and societal concerns about the program’s rapid expansion. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Canada ’s medical assistance in dying (MAID ) program accounted for more deaths in 2024 than gun homicides in the United States, despite the U.S. having roughly eight times Canada’s population. Health Canada reported that 16,499 people received MAID in 2024, compared with 15,364 people killed by firearms in the U.S., according to Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions. DETAIL: MAID killings were 1,135 ahead of the number of U.S. firearm homicides. MAID deaths reached a record high in 2024 and represented about five…Open
