{"id":257022,"date":"2022-08-05T07:00:51","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T07:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=257022"},"modified":"2022-08-06T07:39:25","modified_gmt":"2022-08-06T07:39:25","slug":"canadian-virtual-hospice-promotes-activity-book-designed-to-mainstream-euthanasia-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=257022","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Virtual Hospice promotes activity book designed to mainstream euthanasia for kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Alex Schadenberg \u2013 Life Site News Aug 1, 2022<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>(<a href=\"https:\/\/epcc.ca\">Euthanasia Prevention Coalition<\/a>) \u2014 The Canadian Virtual Hospice (<a href=\"https:\/\/virtualhospice.ca\/\">virtualhospice.ca<\/a>) has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualhospice.ca\/maid\/media\/3bdlkrve\/maid-activity-book.pdf\">published an \u201cactivity book\u201d<\/a>\u00a0aimed at normalizing euthanasia (MAiD) for children.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A web-based resource launched in 2004 to be a \u201cplatform [that] could address some of the national gaps in palliative care,\u201d the Canadian Virtual Hospice was the first attempt at connecting Canadians with an array of health specialists online to help them face the daunting task of accompanying their ill and dying loved ones at the end of their lives. As reported on its website, \u201cvisits to Virtual Hospice continue to climb \u2013 from 34,000 in 2004 to 2.3 million in 2020,\u201d which bespeaks the desperate need to shore up this crucial yet often-overlooked segment in healthcare.<\/p>\n<p>On July 26th, 2022, the Canadian Virtual Hospice, which gets funding from such organizations as the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Health Canada, and Veteran Affaires Canada, announced its newest children\u2019s resource available on its website:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eZbZLrz4Bu\">https:\/\/t.co\/eZbZLrz4Bu<\/a> is home to The Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) Activity Book! Created for young people who have someone in their life who may have MAiD, this resources if available for free download. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ugopiHYWus\">https:\/\/t.co\/ugopiHYWus<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/um13rVqItL\">pic.twitter.com\/um13rVqItL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Canadian Virtual Hospice (@VirtualHospice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VirtualHospice\/status\/1551945721196285952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The activity book is replete with vibrant colours, graphics, and a juvenile font, and includes a section that explains the three \u201cmedicines\u201d taken to kill a human being. On page 4, Step number 3 states:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The third medicine makes the person\u2019s lungs stop breathing and then their heart stops beating. Because of the coma, the person does not notice this happening and\u00a0<strong>it does not hurt<\/strong>. When their heart and lungs stop working, their body dies.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, some doctors have actually been frank in their admissions that they have no idea whether euthanasia \u201cdoes not hurt,\u201d since, as reported in a recent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/news\/canada\/medical-assistance-in-dying-how-do-people-die-from-maid\"><em>National Post<\/em> article<\/a>,\u00a0during the euthanasia procedure:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Monitors aren\u2019t used. There are no monitors measuring brain waves or heart activity. Doctors say it would take away from the intimacy of the experience for the person and the family.<\/p>\n<p>This reassurance has also been challenged by Dr. Joel Zivot, an anesthesiologist and critical care doctor at Emory University School of Medicine who has studied how lethal injections impact prisoners\u2019 bodies; he has called both for autopsies to be done on MAiD deaths to see exactly how the poison impacted the body, and for paralyzing agents to not be used in the procedure in order to have a more realistic assessment of the MAiD recipient\u2019s experience (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/publichealthpolicy\/ethics\/91214\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>While the activity book contains \u201chelpful\u201d exercises such as suggested questions the child can ask the would-be MAiD recipient and a feelings chart, Twitter user Dr. Christopher Lyon (@ChristophLyon) pointed out the inability of the activity book to address the fundamentally flawed premise behind assisted death \u2013 the fact that doctors cause a death instead of stopping it \u2013 and thus, it can\u2019t help the child process the trauma of a betrayal of their trust in healthcare providers:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I understand the need to explain assisted suicide to children assisted suicide of a loved one. <br \/>However, kids who lose a parent or sibling to suicide can be deeply traumatised by the experience. What happens with children when doctors *help* the suicide instead of stop it? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MAiD?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MAiD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VOQgbR9Irw\">https:\/\/t.co\/VOQgbR9Irw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dr. Christopher Lyon (@ChristophLyon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristophLyon\/status\/1551975495004217344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Even more disturbing, the MAID to MAD initiative (@VulnerableC7) pointed out the similarity in branding between the \u201cMedical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) Activity book\u201d and the \u201cMe and My Illness\u201d activity books that The Virtual Hospice provides, both aimed at children:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The branding and design continuity across these <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VirtualHospice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VirtualHospice<\/a> documents &#8211; both aimed at children &#8211; is striking. Wondering about associations being made in the minds of sick kids and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MAiD?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MAiD<\/a> especially as  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AMAD?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AMAD<\/a> considers expanding MAiD to children (mature minors). <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/esjd550TMK\">pic.twitter.com\/esjd550TMK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MAID to MAD initiative AMM devient MAM (@VulnerablC7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VulnerablC7\/status\/1552652422358568968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>If the message being sent with this colourful and engaging activity book is that euthanasia is a normal, innocuous act that *doesn\u2019t hurt* and is appropriate for anyone who is in pain, how can a sick and\/or suffering child escape the conclusion that it may be an appropriate solution for them \u2014 especially once MAiD is extended to mature minors?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/opinion\/canadian-virtual-hospice-promotes-activity-book-designed-to-mainstream-euthanasia-for-kids\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The message being sent to youngsters is that \u201cassisted suicide&#8221; can be an acceptable option to help ease suffering<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-257022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Health"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=257022"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":257057,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257022\/revisions\/257057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=257022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=257022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=257022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}