Recent investigations reveal that safeguards in physician-assisted suicide laws are frequently ignored, challenging claims that such measures can be tightly controlled.

In U.S. states where assisted suicide is legal, oversight is weak, rules are routinely violated, and regulations are being loosened, creating “suicide tourism” destinations.

Canada’s medical assistance in dying (MAID) program illustrates the extreme outcome, with euthanasia now accounting for 1 in 20 deaths and many cases involving non-terminal patients lacking social or psychological support, the Boston Globe has reported.

Critics argue that legalization inevitably erodes safeguards, normalizes death as a medical solution, and undermines the principle that doctors should prioritize healing over ending life.