A new Quebec law that mandates palliative care facilities to provide medical assistance in dying has drawn criticism from euthanasia opponents and a palliative care advocate. Bill 11 to expand medical assistance in dying (MAiD) passed in Quebec’s national assembly on June 7. In a June 5 post online, Living with Dignity (Vivre Dans La…
Quebec Forces Palliative Care Homes to Offer Assisted Suicide
June 13, 2023
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Ahead of March for Life Event, Group Calls for Protection of Children and Ending Euthanasia Expansion
May 10, 2023
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One day before the annual March for Life in Ottawa kicks off, members of the Campaign Life Coalition (CLC) gathered on Parliament Hill to call for the protection of unborn children and to criticize the potential expansion of Canada’s euthanasia laws to include minors. “The hundreds of thousands of us across this country who recognize…
The Worrying Trend of Children and ‘Consent’
Commentary The report (pdf), from a consortium of U.N.-backed agencies, is shocking: There’s nothing necessarily wrong with adults having sex with children. That is, as long as the sex is “consensual” and the young person involved possesses sufficient “maturity” to “make decisions about engaging in consensual sexual conduct.” The document, issued in March by the…
Netherlands to Allow Euthanasia for Terminally Ill Children of All Ages
The Netherlands has said it will broaden its euthanasia regulations to allow doctors the ability to end the lives of terminally ill children between one and 12 years old. The rule change involves the government adjusting an existing protocol, and does not require parliamentary approval. The decision comes after years of requests from some Dutch…
Netherlands to Allow Euthanasia for Terminally Ill Children
The Netherlands has said it will broaden its euthanasia regulations to allow doctors the ability to end the lives of terminally ill children between 1 and 12 years old. The rule change is an adjustment of an existing protocol and doesn’t require parliamentary approval. The decision comes after years of requests from some Dutch doctors…
Terri Schiavo Case Was a Culture-of-Death Tipping Point
Commentary The March 31, 2005, court-ordered death of Terri Schiavo was an ominous cultural tipping point. As many readers will recall, the legal case began when Terri’s husband Michael Schiavo applied to remove the feeding tube from his profoundly cognitively disabled wife so that she would die by dehydration. When Terri’s parents Bob and Mary…
Veterans Affairs Canada Closes Investigation, Confirms Four Incidents Where MAiD ‘Inappropriately Discussed’
Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) has closed an investigation into allegations that veterans were offered assisted suicide, stating it found only four incidents where medical assistance in dying (MAiD) was “inappropriately discussed,” according to a report. “VAC has concluded these were four incidents completely isolated to a single employee” and that “this is not a widespread,…
Assisted Suicide: Legalize First, Ask Questions Later
Commentary In 2021, Parliament set up a special committee of MPs and senators to study the issue of “medical assistance in dying” (or MAiD) and to make recommendations to Parliament. The Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying released its “Choices for Canadians” report on Feb. 15. The committee recommends expanding MAiD further, even…
Opponents of Assisted Suicide Express Alarm at Committee Report Recommending MAID for ‘Mature Minors’
Opponents of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) expansion are expressing alarm about a new report on MAID with 23 recommendations, including one that the federal government offer assisted suicide to “mature minors” if they face a natural death that is “reasonably foreseeable.” The report, “Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada: Choices for Canadians,” was tabled…
More Than Half of Canadians Against Assisted Suicide for Mentally Ill: Poll
The majority of Canadians are not in favour of expanding medically assisted suicide, and rather have deep concerns and discomfort with the idea, according to a new poll conducted by the nonprofit Angus Reid Institute, in partnership with Cardus, a think tank. “Less than one-third of Canadians are comfortable with offering medically assisted suicide to those suffering…
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