The method used by the Canadian government and several U.S. states to record assisted suicide deaths leads to incomplete statistics and less accountability, anti-euthanasia advocates said this week.

Government statistics indicated that 15,343 people were euthanized by medical officials in Canada in 2023, out of a total of just under 20,000 requests. Tens of thousands of Canadians have been ...

This is the first time that any jurisdiction has passed a significant statutory pullback from assisted suicide or euthanasia after it became legal.