Autistic Calgary woman starving herself after delays to ‘assisted suicide’ application

‘Her death is now imminent, and the question is whether she will pass away from VSED or have access to MAiD,’ said the woman’s lawyer Austin Paladeau. The woman, identified only as M.V., has not been eating or drinking since May 28.

By Alex Dhaliwal

An autistic Calgary woman seeking Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) is now starving herself and her counsel is demanding the overturn of a court injunction blocking her application.

“Her death is now imminent, and the question is whether she will pass away from VSED or have access to MAiD,” said the woman’s lawyer Austin Paladeau.

The woman, identified only as M.V., has not been eating or drinking since May 28.

In an application filed Tuesday at the Alberta Court of Appeal, M.V. is seeking to overturn a consented April 8 stay of a lower court ruling pending appeal by her father’s counsel.

Her father is only identified as W.V. as the case is under a publication ban.

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