You know what your life is worth to you. And mine is worthless,” said Mitchell Tremblay, a 40-year-old Canadian man battling severe mental illness and intent on using his country’s medical suicide program to end his life as soon as possible. Currently, 10 states and Washington, D.C., allow physicians to assist their patients in committing suicide. Abroad, numerous European countries have legalized it, and in Canada, not only have they embraced medical suicide but they have also substantially moved the death conversation into appalling, new territory.

This March, Canada’s medical assistance in dying (MAID) program will expand its “clientele” to include people like Michael who are battling mental illness, as well as “mature minors” (a nebulous term not necessarily tied to an age or fixed maturity milestones).

Recently, Richard Hanania, author and researcher, sought to make a case for conservatives to support programs like MAID, suggesting that in the interest of individual freedom and dignity, endorsing the practice of euthanasia is a natural extension of one’s liberty ideals.