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Bestselling Canadian children’s book author Robert Munsch is planning to end his life through physician-assisted suicide.
Munsch, 80, has written dozens of children’s books, including bestselling works like The Paper Bag Princess and Love You Forever.
During an interview with The New York Times published last Sunday, Munsch expressed a desire to die before he starts having “real trouble talking and communicating.”
The author applied for and received approval to kill himself through "medical assistance in dying," or MAiD, after he was diagnosed with dementia in 2021 and, later, with Parkinson’s disease. MAiD, or "medical assistance in dying," was legalized in Canada in 2016.
“Hello, Doc — come kill me!” he joked during the interview. “How much time do I have? Fifteen seconds!”
Mary Szoch, the director of the Center for Human Dignity at the Family Research Council, a nonprofit research and educational organization, acknowledged the impact that Munsch’s diagnosis has likely had on him and his family, but opposes assisted-suicide as being the lone option for people suffering from disease, illness or depression, which is being pushed in Canada.
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Munsch, 80, has written dozens of children’s books, including bestselling works like The Paper Bag Princess and Love You Forever.
During an interview with The New York Times published last Sunday, Munsch expressed a desire to die before he starts having “real trouble talking and communicating.”
The author applied for and received approval to kill himself through "medical assistance in dying," or MAiD, after he was diagnosed with dementia in 2021 and, later, with Parkinson’s disease. MAiD, or "medical assistance in dying," was legalized in Canada in 2016.
“Hello, Doc — come kill me!” he joked during the interview. “How much time do I have? Fifteen seconds!”
Mary Szoch, the director of the Center for Human Dignity at the Family Research Council, a nonprofit research and educational organization, acknowledged the impact that Munsch’s diagnosis has likely had on him and his family, but opposes assisted-suicide as being the lone option for people suffering from disease, illness or depression, which is being pushed in Canada.
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Bestselling children's author Robert Munsch plans to end his life by assisted suicide; ethicists react
Bestselling Canadian children s book author Robert Munsch is planning to end his life through physician-assisted suicide
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