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Bill S-225 was recently introduced in the Senate of Canada. This bill aims to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide. It would do this by amending sections 14 and 251 of the Criminal Code of Canada. We oppose the legalization of euthanasia and physician assisted suicide because they are not needed. Efforts should go towards improving proper access to pain and symptom management to everyone who needs it. Efforts should also go towards improving suicide prevention and appropriate access to ...

Continue Reading → Bill S-225 isn’t good

The pro-euthanasia activists pulled out all the stops today in an undisguised bid to influence the Supreme Court judges as they prepare to hear the Carter case next week.

First of all they present another survey, said to have found that a majority of Canadians wants doctors to prescribe lethal drugs to terminally ill patients. It’s not the first time this claim has been made. Without going into the questionable technique of using a ...

Continue Reading → Pro-euthanasia attack from all fronts

The Australian pro-euthanasia lobby was inspired by the Quebec’s approach to try to legalise euthanasia in Australia. In the last few years, there have been several attempts to legalise euthanasia or assisted suicide in different Australian States. It was even legal for a short time in the Northern Territories, but the law was voided after an amendment to the Commonwealth to the Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978.

Paul Russell explains how those who would like to see euthanasia legalised in ...

Continue Reading → Australia follows the Quebec example

At a meeting held on May 15 at the Good Shepherd Church in Brossard, with about 75 persons present, Dr. Barrette made a few surprising declarations in a speech full of half-truths and errors about the content of Bill 52 which aims, among other things, to decriminalize euthanasia under the euphemism of «medical aid in dying».

The Minister of Health stated that, earlier in the day, he had made a two hour presentation to the ...

Continue Reading → Medical aid in dying – From one totalitarian party to another

I often think about the recent news that intensive care physicians in Belgium say that involuntary euthanasia is not only acceptable, but desirable. It is one of the most recent elements in the discussion about euthanasia. There are several aspects of this discussion that, once put together like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, scare me.

Healthcare providers can have a much more negative perception of quality of life after an injury or an illness than ...

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