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Dementia Advocacy Canada promotes euthanasia for people with dementia

Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Euthanasia is abandonment. Canada is debating expanding euthanasia to people who are not terminally ill, such as people with dementia. Recently a Québec court struck down the part of the criminal code that required that a person’s “death be reasonably forseeable.” The terminal illness restriction, in the law, preventedContinue reading “Dementia Advocacy Canada promotes euthanasia for people with dementia”

Canada’s elections literally life-and-death issue.

This article was published by OneNewsNow on September 12, 2019. By Charlie Butts Canadians have another reason to pay attention to the upcoming federal election: making it easier to kill yourself with the government’s blessing. Euthanasia has expanded rapidly in Canada, where the country’s Supreme Court imposed it on its citizens and Parliament defined itContinue reading “Canada’s elections literally life-and-death issue.”

Steering is the elephant in the euthanasia room

This article was published by Mercatornet on September 12, 2019. By Nick Goiran Politicians tell people what they want to hear. In contrast, Parliamentarians consider what is in the best interests of the people they represent. As the euphemistically named Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2019 makes its way through the WA Parliament, a number ofContinue reading “Steering is the elephant in the euthanasia room”

Quebec Court Decision Supports Trend Towards Unrestricted Euthanasia.

For Immediate Release September 12, 2019 The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition calls on the Federal Government to take immediate action to appeal the decision of the Quebec Superior Court and to pass even stronger protections and safeguards that would limit the application of euthanasia and assisted suicide on demand. Unrestricted euthanasia threatens the health and safety ofContinue reading “Quebec Court Decision Supports Trend Towards Unrestricted Euthanasia.”

Québec Superior Court Euthanasia Decision Ignores Disability Discrimination, Follows Medical Model

Media Release September 12, 2019 The recent decision of the Quebec Superior Court in the Truchon/Gladu case blatantly disregards the effect of disability discrimination in shaping the quality of life of the plaintiffs, said Amy Hasbrouck, director of Toujours Vivant-Not Dead Yet, a project of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities. “The judge’s description of theContinue reading “Québec Superior Court Euthanasia Decision Ignores Disability Discrimination, Follows Medical Model”

Quebec court expands Canada’s euthanasia law by striking the terminal illness requirement. Euthanasia for psychological reasons is next.

Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition The Quebec Superior Court struck down the requirement that a person be terminally ill before they qualify for euthanasia in Canada. The Canadian Press (CP) reported: Quebec Superior Court has invalidated parts of the federal and Quebec laws on medically assisted dying laws, declaring them too restrictive and thereforeContinue reading “Quebec court expands Canada’s euthanasia law by striking the terminal illness requirement. Euthanasia for psychological reasons is next.”

Euthanasia court case (Lamb case) may soon be dropped based on new interpretations of Canada’s euthanasia law.

Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Alex Schadenberg Soon after the federal government legalized euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada under the phrase Medical Aid in Dying, the BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) launched a case on behalf of Julia Lamb, who lives with spinal muscular atrophy, to strike down the provision in the euthanasiaContinue reading “Euthanasia court case (Lamb case) may soon be dropped based on new interpretations of Canada’s euthanasia law.”

Euthanasia advocates fund-raising for Saskatoon euthanasia clinic

Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Euthanasia advocates are raising money to establish a euthanasia clinic in Saskatoon, a place that Jae Blakley, an assisted death advocate, has named Cider House. Amanda Short, writing for the Saskatoon Star Phoenix, on September 7, 2019 reported: Similar to hospice care, The Cider House would provide a homelikeContinue reading “Euthanasia advocates fund-raising for Saskatoon euthanasia clinic”