StarTribune) – Kathy Ware was on Instagram recently when she saw a story about Canada’s medical assistance in dying law. It shook her.
“Alberta judge greenlights euthanasia for 27-year-old autistic woman DESPITE objections from her dad, who says she’s healthy — just ‘vulnerable’ due to mental health problems,” read the headline from the Daily Mail, a British tabloid.
Ware thought of her adult son, Kylen, whose disabilities render him nonverbal, barely mobile and dependent on round-the-clock care.
If Minnesota passes medical aid in dying legislation, she wondered, what might that mean for Kylen? CONTINUE