Jewish General Hospital (JGH) physician Michael Bouhadana left little doubt on where he stands on medical aid in dying (MAD). The acronym is apt, because requiring doctors to end the lives of patients who request it is “madness,” he believes.
Continue reading Medical aid in dying is ‘madness,’ JGH doctor saysA Washington state psychotherapist relates the chilling story of how her disabled client died.
Continue reading Assisted suicide, up close and personalNOTE: The original article was published in French in the Huffintgon Post on September 29, 2016 (read original article here >>).
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Everyone must push in the same direction. That is how we develop a consensus in Quebec. What counts is that an idea progresses down its path.
Thus, less than a year after the implementation of the law on “medical assisted death”, the proponents of euthanasia-on-demand are already attacking the Commission charged with monitoring its implementation. They are preying ...
Continue reading Euthanasia: all aboard!The Carter decision to allow assisted suicide and euthanasia claimed that Canada could avoid abuses through careful guidelines and screening. Experience proves otherwise.
Continue reading New Assisted Dying Law Will Claim Unintended VictimsIn a new paper, two prominent bioethicists suggest that all doctors should be required to see to it personally that any medical procedure — including abortions and assisted suicides — be performed for patients who request and qualify for them. Sadly, for devout Catholics, evangelical Protestants or others with deep religious or moral convictions, the prospect of medical school itself would be completely off the table if co-authors Udo Schuklenk and Julian Savulescu had their way.
Continue reading Doctors needed. Leave your conscience at home