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Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Taquisha with her daughter. Taquisha McKitty, of Brampton was declared brain dead on September 20, 2017, after a cardiac arrest on September 14. McKitty died of natural causes on December 31, 2018. Taquisha’s family challenged the declaration of death at the Ontario Superior Court. On June 26, 2018Continue reading “McKitty case: Ontario Court of Appeal decides that religious beliefs are important in brain death determination.”