Daily Pulse

Doctors have performed the world’s first heart transplant using an organ taken from a patient euthanized under its Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) program. A 38-year-old man with ALS was lethally injected. Seven minutes after his heart stopped, it was “restarted,” flown to Pittsburgh, and placed inside another man’s chest.

It’s being praised as a medical breakthrough—but what it really exposes is a system turning death into a commodity. This year alone, 5% of all organ transplants in Canada came from euthanized patients. Ethicists warn that those who already feel like burdens may now be pressured to “do something meaningful” by dying.

What began as compassion is now becoming convenience—and the real question is whether a civilized society should even allow it.