{"id":273067,"date":"2026-01-21T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/?p=273067"},"modified":"2026-01-21T09:25:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T14:25:54","slug":"maid-proposed-for-newborn-killings-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/maid-proposed-for-newborn-killings-in-canada","title":{"rendered":"MAiD proposed for newborn killings in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Canada&#8217;s euthanasia program, Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), is hurtling toward a dystopian abyss with proposals to kill disabled newborns. In a January 3, 2026, Western Standard op-ed by Anna Farrow, the Quebec College of Physicians (CMQ) revives its 2022 call for MAiD on infants from birth to one year with severe deformities or syndromes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CMQ president Louis Roy first floated this before Parliament, igniting backlash. Then-Disabilities Minister Carla Qualtrough recoiled: &#8220;There is no world where I would accept that.&#8221; Yet, the CMQ persists. A Daily Mail inquiry revealed their stance: &#8220;Medical assistance in dying may be an appropriate treatment for babies suffering from extreme pain,&#8221; empowering parents to request it. This echoes the Netherlands&#8217; Groningen Protocol, a eugenics blueprint for ending disabled infants&#8217; lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once killing is legalized, boundaries erode: Who decides? For what reasons? Most Canadians react with horror, rejecting this normalization of death. Statistics paint a grim picture: By December 31, 2024, MAiD claimed 76,475 lives since legalization, ballooning to an estimated 94,000 by January 2026, with 16,499 in 2024 alone. Expansions loom: Bill C-7 extended MAiD to mental illness (delayed to March 2027), while Bill C-218 aims to repeal it. A 2023 parliamentary report pushes MAiD for &#8220;mature minors,&#8221; prioritizing the child&#8217;s will over parents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Toronto&#8217;s Hospital for Sick Children drafted 2018 policies allowing euthanasia for minors without parental consent.This trajectory exposes MAiD as a culture of death, preying on the vulnerable under mercy&#8217;s guise. It demands a fierce defense of life&#8217;s sanctity before innocence is sacrificed on ideology&#8217;s altar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada&#8217;s euthanasia program, Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), is hurtling toward a dystopian abyss with proposals to kill disabled newborns. In a January 3, 2026, Western Standard op-ed by Anna Farrow, the Quebec College of Physicians (CMQ) revives its 2022 call for MAiD on infants from birth to one year with severe deformities or syndromes. 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