The Victim: “Mrs. B” (Ontario Case 4B)
The woman is identified in the Ontario MAID (Medical Assistance In Dying) Death Review Committee report as ‘Mrs. B.’
- The Forensic Breach: Mrs. B was in her 80s and recovering from heart surgery. She explicitly told her first assessor that she withdrew her request for MAID because it violated her religious and personal values. She requested palliative care instead.
- The Coercion: Her husband, suffering from ‘caregiver burnout,’ refused to accept her ‘No.’ He shopped for a new assessor. The system provided one who fast-tracked the procedure the very same day.
- The Execution: Despite the first doctor’s warnings of coercion and the patient’s own refusal, Mrs. B was killed by the state. She was ‘processed’ as a medical necessity to solve a ‘social burnout’ problem.
