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Many promises preceded the intrusion of the law that legalized euthanasia in Quebec – under the euphemism “medical aid in dying” – into our health system two years ago, on December 10, 2015. Today, we have concrete experience, from right here at home, that allows us to respond to a crucial question: what are the facts after two years?

Many abuses were reported by the Commission in charge of evaluating the application of the law. Yet, the College of Physicians judged that ...

Continue Reading → Two years of euthanasia in Quebec: the facts

During the month of November, as the world’s most extreme (or most transparent?) supporter of assistance in suicide promoted his horrible euthanasia machine with a detachable coffin, our Quebec politicians bickered about whether the Quebec government should ask the courts to clarify the concept of “reasonably foreseeable death” in the federal law on assisted suicide.

One again, always obsessed with one side of the story that only thinks of extending euthanasia to a greater number of suffering people, our ...

Continue Reading → Review priorities: it’s urgent!

A recent survey published by the University of Sherbrooke has sparked general indignation as the results showed that 91% of the family caregivers surveyed would agree to extending euthanasia to terminally ill people who are incapable of decision-making.

As mentioned in a Huffington Post article, this serious attack on the humanity of incapable people also shows that euthanasia is insinuating into our collective thinking the notion that death – not good health care, quality support and adequate ...

Continue Reading → Pressures to extend euthanasia: the opposition is still alive