Glenn Beck to fund surgery for Canadian woman forced to seek assisted suicide

American commentator Glenn Beck has offered to pay for a Canadian woman’s surgery after she sought assisted suicide because she could not find a surgeon to treat her.

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American commentator Glenn Beck has offered to pay for a Canadian woman’s surgery after she sought assisted suicide because she could not find a surgeon to treat her rare but treatable illness within her provincial health-care system.

In response to a CBC report detailing the case of Jolene Van Alstine, who suffers from normocalcemic primary hyperparathyroidism, Beck blasted the Canadian euthanasia program on X on Tuesday, offering to pay for the surgery.

“If there is any surgeon in America who can do this, I’ll pay for this patient to come down here for treatment,” he said. “This is the reality of compassionate progressive healthcare. Canada must end this insanity, and Americans can never let it spread here.”

An hour later, he posted an update saying he was trying to contact Van Alstine and that surgeons had already offered to perform the procedure.

The article said Van Alstine would need to go out of province for the surgery, but she first needed a referral from an endocrinologist. However, none are accepting new patients. She told the CBC the pain had become so unbearable that she applied for assisted suicide, with her appointment scheduled for Jan. 7 next year.

Beck is not the only one reaching out to save Van Alstine’s life.

Kelsi Sheren, a combat veteran and euthanasia prevention advocate, has started her own campaign to raise funds or otherwise help Van Alstine find the care she needs in Canada.

“If there’s a doctor or somebody in Canada or in America who would be willing to refer and help this woman get the surgery and save her life, I would be eternally grateful,” Sheren said in a video posted on X Monday. “This is what these platforms are for.”

In an article published on Sheren’s Substack, she wrote that the case was particularly “egregious” because Canadian politicians have been shown to work hard to get emergency exemptions for non-Canadians to access assisted suicide. However, she noted that Canada’s health care system was “ok with helping Van Alstine die” but “not willing to put the same effort into helping her live.”

“Canada frames MAiD as empowerment. As compassion. As choice. But choice is only real when the alternatives are viable,” she wrote. “If your options are slow agony or assisted death, that’s not autonomy, it’s coercion with a friendly tone.”

Hours after Beck posted that he was willing to get Van Alstine the funds to save her life, Sheren told True North that she’s contacted Van Alstine, has been discussing her health and next steps, and has reached out to Beck, waiting to hear back to get the two in contact.

Van Alstine wasn’t immediately available for comment or to provide updates.

This is a developing story.