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BC court agrees to drop court case concerning the definition of terminal illness in Canada’s euthanasia law.

Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition On September 10 I reported that the Lamb euthanasia court case) may soon be dropped based on new interpretations of Canada’s euthanasia law. The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition was an intervenor in the Lamb case.  My predictions were based on the request by the BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA), who wereContinue reading “BC court agrees to drop court case concerning the definition of terminal illness in Canada’s euthanasia law.”

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.”

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