https://www.foxnews.com/media/grieving-parents-demand-changes-after-26-year-old-son-euthanized-under-controversial-lawMargaret Marsilla says doctors helped their son Kiano, who suffered from diabetes and blindness, to meet criteria for MAID in Canada despite history of mental illnessThe grieving parents of a 26-year-old man are speaking out against Canada’s medical assistance in dying (MAID) laws, arguing the system failed to protect their "vulnerable" son from being euthanized, despite a history of mental illness.Kiano Vafaeian was euthanized on Dec. 30, 2025, in British Columbia. His family says he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 4 and began struggling with mental health after a car accident at 17. His mother, Margaret Marsilla of Ontario, said his depression was often seasonal, yet he became "obsessed" with MAID after losing vision in one eye in 2022.
"He kept on emphasizing about how he could get approved," Marsilla told Fox News Digital. "We never thought there would be a chance that any doctor would approve a 22- or 23-year-old at that time for MAID because of diabetes or blindness."MAID was legalized in Canada in June 2016. The law allows patients with "grievous and irremediable" medical conditions to request a lethal drug that is either physician or self-administered, to end their lives.In 2022, after a Toronto doctor initially approved Vafaeian’s request, the family launched a public pressure campaign on social media to voice their opposition. The outcry led the doctor to withdraw approval. While Vafaeian was initially angry, his family said he showed signs of improvement over the following year, even moving in with them in 2024."He tried his best when he was in one of those good highs of life," Marsilla said. "Then winter, fall started coming around, he started changing and then everything that we had worked for from spring and summertime just disappeared… he would start talking about MAID again."The family said Vafaeian was rejected by multiple doctors in Ontario before he sought out Dr. Ellen Wiebe, a prominent MAID provider, in British Columbia. Marsilla believes Wiebe "coached" her son on what to say to meet the criteria for "Track 2" patients — those whose natural deaths are not reasonably imminent."We believe that she was coaching him... on how to deteriorate his body and what she can possibly approve him for and what she can get away with approving him for," Marsilla said. "Because if he had spoken back in 2024, and he was a good candidate for approving MAID, she would have done it right away, but she didn't."
Vafaeian’s parents say they were not notified of the approval and only learned of his death days after it occurred. They noted his medical records did not substantiate the "severe peripheral neuropathy" listed on his death certificate as a qualifying factor."This whole process came to us as a shock," said Joseph Caprara, Vafaeian’s stepfather.In 2021, eligibility for MAID was expanded to include applicants with "grievous and irremediable conditions" whose deaths are not reasonably foreseeable. The family is now advocating for the repeal of this "Track 2" provision and the passage of Bill C-218, a legislative effort to restrict MAID for patients whose underlying issue is solely mental illness."Realistically, safeguards for patients would be reaching out to their family members, giving them a whole bunch of different treatment options," Marsilla said. Instead, she claims the current system allows doctors to approve and euthanize patients within 90 days on Track 2. "How is that safe for patients?" she asked.Marsilla has shared her son's story on social media, describing the situation as "disgusting on every level." On Facebook, she wrote, "No parent should ever have to bury their child because a system—and a doctor—chose death over care, help, or love."
Caprara said their family hopes sharing their story will expose the risks these laws pose to the "vulnerable and disabled" and give states and other countries pause before implementing similar legislation."We don't want to see any other family member suffer, or any country introduce a piece of legislation that kills their disabled or vulnerable without appropriate proper treatment plans that could save their lives," he said.In a statement to Fox News Digital, Dr. Wiebe said, "Like my colleagues, every patient I approve for Track 2 has unbearable suffering from a grievous and irremediable medical condition (not psychiatric) with an advanced state of decline in capability and consents to MAID fully informed about treatments to reduce the suffering."New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an assisted suicide bill into law on February 6, making New York the 13th state, plus the District of Columbia, to legalize allowing physicians to aid terminally ill adults in dying by suicide. The law will go into effect in six months.
26 YEAR OLDS CAN MAKE THEIR OWN HEALTHCARE DECISIONS EUTHANASIA IS A HUMAN RIGHT EVEN IF ITS A FUCKED ONEHUG YOUR KIDS
>>1490555Say, ALLCAPS, doublefaggot, you've changed your bizarre bot posting habits again, huh?Must be evading a ban, I suppose.
>>1490555No they can’t. Parents should have more say over how their adult CHILDREN their lives. Their body my choice, this is satanic
He probably would have ended up killing himself anyways. Fucked up situation all around.
>>1490553>Vafaeian’s parents say they were not notified of the approval and only learned of his death days after it occurred.So they didn't have any fucking contact with him?
why are these people so angry their adult son killed himself. the article has several red flags like they don't even know what masking is
>>1490574They weren't even aware he went through with it for several days according to the article. It sounds like they lost contact with their obviously mentally unwell son and are lashing out after they found out he killed himself. Which is partially understandable but it doesn't mean they have much of a point.
I'm waiting for the story where the doctors refuse to provide any other care because they recommended MAID and it was refused.
Sounds like this poor guy got what he wanted and his family members can't deal with it.
>>1490574Individual freedoms should not matter because MAID bad
MAID. Taking out the trash.
>>1490551Isn't euthanasia the #6 cause of death in Canada?
>>1490593idk but it makes up almost 5% of all total deaths
>>1490622may i see a source for this claim? also isn't it a new program? so there would presumably be 30 years' worth of varying terminal patients who want government-funded sudoku
>>1490623https://nrlc.org/nrlnewstoday/2025/02/canadas-euthanasia-deaths-continue-to-rise/>there were 15,343 reported euthanasia deaths representing 4.7% of all deaths in 2023. The number of Canadian euthanasia deaths was up from 13,241 in 2022 and 10,092 in 2021.It's increasing every year so it might even be over 5% now.>so there would presumably be 30 years' worth of varying terminal patients who want government-funded sudokuMAID has been legal for 10 years. It did used to be more restricted so maybe we're seeing some backlog though
>>1490625Ah it was 4.7%. Close to 5% but not meeting it.Still, that makes it rather high on the list.>In 2023, there were 1,964 motor vehicle fatalities in Canada, representing approximately 4.9 deaths per 100,000 population, the highest count in the last 10 years>While accidental (unintentional) injuries are a top-three cause of death in Canada (over 20,000 in 2023), auto fatalities generally represent less than 1% of total annual deaths
>>1490623Here is the section from the 6th annual report on Maid (2024) the most current data publicly availablehttps://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/publications/health-system-services/annual-report-medical-assistance-dying-2024.html#a2.1>16,499 people received MAID, out of the 22k+ that requested itNumber of deaths in Canada in 2024https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/260113/dq260113b-eng.htm>326,779Doing math 16,499 divided by 326,779 yileds 0.0504 times 100 to make it a percent yields 5.04.>5.04% of deaths in Canada in 2024 were state assisted suicide. Why is this not huge, crazy news?Back to the first source, the latest reporthttps://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/publications/health-system-services/annual-report-medical-assistance-dying-2024.html#tc.4Here's all the things the people who received MAID were suffering from.Additional info:What is Track 1? Basically it means you're dying already. What is Track 2? Basically it means your quality of life sucks so much, you prefer death, but you're not dying already.The bereaved parents are saying that their child's decision to pursue Track 2 was not his own choice, and that his doctors intentionally stopped treating his illnesses so that he would get worse, and thus qualify for Track 2 when he previously did not. I suspect that it was his own choice, and that he would have refused to engage in treatment regardless of what his doctors did. I don't have a source for the young man's mindset.Imo the answer to all of this is making sure that people don't view state assisted suicide as anything other than an absolute last resort. I don't know if Canada has sufficient guardrails in place, but I do know that a quiet peaceful death in a hospital bed is vastly preferable to some illnesses.
>>1490625Good post on the 2023 numbers, very similar to 2024. I hadn't refreshed thread to see this post when I made my duplicate one
>>1490629>Why is this not huge, crazy news?Because only 4% of MAID deaths were Track 2 and there's no further breakdown >What is Track 2? Basically it means your quality of life sucks so much, you prefer death, but you're not dying already.A gross oversimplification that left out the part where it must be approved by 2 separate doctors/NPs, at least one of which is an expert in whatever is bothering them even if it isn't life-threatening. You can't just decide that raccoons gangstalking you is enough reason to MAID yourself when meds or other therapies exist to improve your quality of life.>bereaved parents are saying that their child's decision to pursue Track 2 was not his own choice, and that his doctors intentionally stopped treating his illnesses so that he would get worse, and thus qualify for Track 2 when he previously did notThey have the right to say whatever they want until it becomes libel; what can they prove?
If he's blind and living a shitty life, it's his decision if he wants to end that life. The guy is 26 years old, he can make his own life choices.>b-b-but his fake mental illnesses!?Pretty much every human being on the planet would be diagnosed with something if they bothered visiting a shrink. Having a "mental illness" doesn't deprive a person of agency, and it's an extremely dangerous idea to think that it should.
>>1490629>The bereaved parents are saying that their child's decision to pursue Track 2 was not his own choice, and that his doctors intentionally stopped treating his illnesses so that he would get worseBlindness and diabetes are untreatable, at least in the view of conventional medicine. I know there's evidence diabetes can be cured but regardless, the guy was pretty fucked up. The idea that they intentionally made him worse in order to push MAID is absurd. Doctors aren't hand wringing murderers waiting for their next victim, they're at worst callously indifferent.
>>1490636Reading comprehension fail. I answered the question I posed as a rhetorical device, that answer was within my own post. It's not huge news because the vast majority of them suffered from the ailments listed in table C4 which I linked.Yes, I simplify things to try and avoid reading errors like yours.I'll have to make it even simpler next time, I guess.
>>1490641>Socialist doctors don't want to kill you, they just don't care if you dieThanks I feel much better
They shoot horses, don't they?
>>1490682NamefagRacehorses get shot after a broken leg because they can't run meaning they can't make money and sadly that's all racehorses are used for. As advances in medicine continue, horses nowadays can often heal from simple fractures and go on to have happy lives, even if their racing/riding/working days are over.One of the first signs of civilization was a broken femur that didn't kill an ancient human because their people fed them regardless of their inability to contribute. Be better than an animal. We are the fallen angel and the rising ape.
>>1490684>>1490684I'm a 70-year-old Canadian with and a lot of pain. I don't want to go the way of being doped on pain meds till I'm senile before my time, and end up in a wheelchair in a warehouse for old people. I have two signatures from two doctors for the M.A.I.D euthanasia form. I need the signature of one more doctor or medical professional. I believe I have about 8 years from the time I get the third signature until it becomes invalid. I'm going to study my Eastern philosophy, and try to be nice to people, I'm on the day comes, I'm going to get the needle. This is the way all people should die, with dignity, given a choice, not in a bed like my friend did all shriveled up from severe arthritis with fentanyl patches all over his body, or like my father, dementia the last 10 years of his life hallucinating and seeing strangers running around the house, and not recognizing his own family
>>1490694Nice larp, nonanon
