Tasmania will become the third Australian state to legalise euthanasia after the law was approved by the state Parliament’s upper house on Tuesday night. It comes as state-level parliamentarians across the country continue to push for the practice to be legalised. The Tasmanian upper house’s vote comes just weeks after the lower house approved the…
‘Conscience Bill’ Seeks to Protect Health Professionals as Assisted Dying Bill Passes
A recently tabled private member’s bill would give health-care providers the right to refuse participation in medically assisted death, while government legislation passed in the House of Commons on March 11 aims to expand access to this medical procedure. Introduced by Conservative MP Kelly Block on Feb. 18, Bill C-268 would make it a criminal…
‘It’s Wrong’: BC Hospice VP Decries Looming Closure of Facility
A Vancouver-area hospice is closing due to its refusal to offer medically assisted death, and its hospice society vice-president says the process of how things came to this point “feels very violating.” The Delta Hospice Society (DHS) had a 35-year lease and a service agreement with the Fraser Health Authority to operate a 10-bed hospice….
‘It’s Wrong’: BC Hospice Executives Decry Looming Closure of Facility
A Vancouver-area hospice is closing due to its refusal to offer medically assisted death, and its hospice society vice-president says the process of how things came to this point “feels very violating.” The Delta Hospice Society (DHS) had a 35-year lease and a service agreement with the Fraser Health Authority to operate a 10-bed hospice….
Over 1,100 Physicians Sign Petition Opposing Assisted Dying Bill
Over 1,100 physicians have signed a petition opposing Canada’s new medically assisted dying bill, saying the proposed legislation changes the nature of their profession and its removal of safeguards will lead to an increase in “coerced or tragically unconsidered deaths.” “This bill, expanding “medical assistance in dying” (MAiD) to virtually everyone who is sick and…
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