Canadian Actress Claire Brosseau Asks Court for Medically Assisted Suicide

Claire Brosseau — a former actress who’s credited on projects starring James Franco and Daniel Stern — is begging a Canadian court to let her end her own life.

She filed an emergency motion with the court Monday to receive medically-assisted suicide, saying her sole underlying cause is “unbearable” mental illness … Canada’s CTV News reports.

Claire spoke outside the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, saying her severe bipolar and post-traumatic stress disorders have caused “unrelenting suffering.”

In Canada, medical assistance in dying — shortened to MAID — is allowed … but there are “very specific circumstances and rules” and you “must meet specific eligibility criteria,” according to the government’s website.

To be eligible for MAID, you need to have a “grievous and irremediable” medical condition. That means — according to the Canadian government — you need to have a serious illness, disease or disability and be in an irreversible and “advanced state of decline.”

But the government says you can’t be eligible if your only medical condition is a mental illness.

That eligibility exclusion expires in March 2027 … but Claire says she can’t wait until then and is requesting an exemption.

She said … “I want to be clear about what these delays mean for me personally. Every month of delay is another month is suffering that I am told I must simply endure.”

According to CTV News, the government has put off expanding eligibility a few times. Her lawyer Michael Fenrick is hoping Claire will get a court date before the summer.