Sandra Demontigny
CanadaactivistFemaleb. 19786.0Global Dominance: 0.00%Sandra Demontigny is a 45-year-old mother of three who has been diagnosed with a rare form of early-onset Alzheimer's disease. She has been a strong advocate for expanding the rights to medically assisted dying in Quebec, playing a significant role in lobbying for legislation that allows individuals with serious and incurable illnesses to choose their time of death while they still have the mental capacity to make such a decision.
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Sandra Demontigny is a mother of three who advocates for advanced requests for MAID in her home province due to her experience with Alzheimer’s.
TikTok creator who documented her life with young-onset Alzheimer’s dies by MAIDCanada· 2026-08-03
Sandra Demontigny, a 46-year-old mother of three from Lévis, Que., was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease eight years ago and has been approved for a medically assisted death.
Quebec’s advance-request MAID program offers a complicated example for other jurisdictionsCanada· 2026-02-18
Demontigny became the face of the campaign to extend the right to die in Quebec after being diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
La lucha de una mujer por el derecho a planear su muerte
Honduras· 2025-05-21
Sandra Demontigny played a pivotal role in lobbying for the change to allow medically assisted death in Quebec.
Facing Early-Onset Alzheimer’s, She Fought to Expand Assisted Suicide in Quebec
United States· 2025-02-25