{"id":"60dacba4-7bdf-475e-8f62-3b335946b5f0","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqd09g0gj50ko","domain":"bbc.co.uk","outlet":{"name":"BBC","country":"GB","cred":5,"lean":0,"curated":true,"owner":"British Broadcasting Corporation"},"title":"Canada suspends plans to expand assisted dying to people with mental illness","plainHeadline":"Canada suspends expansion of assisted dying to mental illness","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Canada will indefinitely suspend plans to expand MAiD to those with mental illness as the sole condition.","Justice Minister Sean Fraser cited lack of consensus on eligibility as the reason.","A federal court case challenges the government's delay in access to Maid for mental illness.","The March 2027 target for expansion is now scrapped; new law to suspend expansion indefinitely.","The government intends to allow advance requests for those with progressing incurable illness, where possible."],"topics":["Politics","Health"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-10-07T16:32:04.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-10-07T16:48:43.071Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/d3de3d8f-dfe0-4428-80a6-9111dab7e5c2","storyId":"d3de3d8f-dfe0-4428-80a6-9111dab7e5c2","image":"https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/240/cpsprodpb/304d/live/e5ca5340-c26a-11f1-b278-615cdfb74f16.jpg","author":"Nadine Yousif","dek":"People with mental illness alone were to be eligible for assisted dying in Canada in March 2027, but that has now been paused indefinitely."}