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Andrée Champagne says she’s worried that “medical aid in dying” is now allowed in Quebec. After nearly 9 years in the Canadian Senate, Mrs. Champagne is retiring. You may remember her from her role in Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut which ran between 1956 and 1970. Mrs Champagne was also a Federal MP from 1986 to 1993.

In her final Senate speech, she said:

“Last week, the National Assembly of Quebec, my province, passed a new law on ...

According to a television program in the Netherlands, Altijd Wat Monitor, some pharmacists are refusing to dispense the products used to euthanise patients. This is annoying the physicians at an “end of life clinic” (whose only function is to conduct euthanasia).

Some pharmacists base their refusal on (religious) conviction, but many refuse simply because they disagree with the particular act of euthanasia, especially for people suffering from dementia, or for people who simply expressed they were “tired of living”.

Other pharmacists ...