Other countries that provide MAID
Outside of Canada, medical assistance in dying, also known as “euthanasia,” has been legalized in the following countries;
In the Netherlands since 2001
In Belgium since 2002
In Luxembourg since 2009
In Colombia since 2015
In South Korea since 2018
In Spain since 2021
In Portugal since 2020
Other countries that provide self-administered MAID
Outside of Canada, self-administered medical assistance in dying is legal in the following countries or states;
♦ Please note that self-administered MAID is illegal in Quebec, but is legal in the rest of Canada.
In Switzerland since 1942
In the Netherlands since 2001
In Belgium since 2002
In Luxembourg since 2009
In the United States, in the following states:
- Oregon (October 1997 – Revised in August 2019)
- Montana (December 2008)
- Washington (March 2009)
- Vermont (May 2013)
- California (October 2015)
- Colorado (November 2016)
- Hawaii (April 2018)
- Maine (Jun 2019)
- New Jersey (Aug 2019)