Category Archives: Assisted Suicide

In January 2013, Mme Véronique Hivon, minister with the government of Québec announced the government’s plan to allow “medical aid in dying” before the summer. The words euthanasia and assisted suicide were not used at the press conference but nonetheless, … Continue reading →

The Physicians’ Alliance for Total refusal of Euthanasia  (Collectif de Médecins du refus médical de l’euthanasie), an alliance of Québec physicians who oppose the legalization of euthanasia and assisted suicide  issued this press release on February 19, 2013: “Physicians Rise … Continue reading →

Studies on euthanasia and assisted suicide provide ample evidence that safeguards will not prevent the killing by euthanasia of vulnerable patients who did not request it or did not consent to it. The legalization of these practices would fundamentally alter … Continue reading →

Euthanasia and assisted suicide are a false, misguided and deadly compassion. In Canada, words like “right to die”, “death with dignity”, “aid in dying”, “medically assisted death”, are being used to justify giving one person the legal right to kill … Continue reading →

On June 15, 2012, Justice Lynn Smith of the British Columbia Supreme Court struck down the prohibition on assisted suicide in the Criminal Code of Canada declaring it  unconstitutional. Her ruling was rendered in the Carter v. Canada case. The lawsuit was … Continue reading →