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As the MNAs started debating preceding a final vote on Bill 52, a good number of citizens braved the cold last night to express their opposition to this government project. Around 200 people held a vigil against euthanasia and Bill 52 in front of the Quebec National Assembly.

Coming from the four cornes of Quebec, they peacefully demonstrated. Dr. Claude Morin of Rassemblement québécois contre l'euthanasie, Dr. Catherine Ferrier ...

Continue Reading → Vigil against euthanasia in Quebec

Today, the Belgian Federal Parliament passed legislation that expands access to euthanasia for minors. It has been ten years since euthanasia is legal for adults in Belgium. Very soon , the Quebec National Assembly may adopt Bill 52, which would legalize euthanasia in Quebec.

In an article published by Le Figaro (in French), Dr. Christiane Vermylen , pediatric hematologist-oncologist in Leuven (Belgium), says she has never faced a request for euthanasia children in her 30 years as a physician. She ...

Continue Reading → In Belgium , children can now be euthanized … And in Quebec?

This video presents the testimonies of Jean Vanier and of Balfour Mount against euthanasia and Bill 52, as well as those of Marc Beauchamp, Geneviève Dechêne, Caroline Girouard, Michel Racicot and Nicolas Steenhout.

While the Quebec MNAs are getting ready to vote within the next few days on Bill 52 which aims to legalise euthanasia under the term « medical aid in dying », the real humanity experts are giving out serious words of caution: offering and giving death intentionally to a person by injecting a poison in them will never be ...

Continue Reading → Integral version – Faced with Bill 52, Jean Vanier and Balfour Mount launch an appeal to the conscience

While Quebec MNAs prepare to vote in a few days on Quebec’s Bill 52, which seeks to legalize euthanasia by calling it "medical aid in dying," the true experts in humanity launch a serious warning: to offer to end a person’s life, and to do so by intentionally injecting a poison, will never be medical care, but rather a very serious betrayal of the sick and the dying.

In a powerful video launched today in Montreal, two giants in ...

Continue Reading → Humanity Experts Condemn Quebec Bill 52

Montreal, 27 January, 2014 – Quebec National Suicide Prevention Week will take place from the 2nd to the 8th of February 2014. This year’s theme speaks volume and will certainly be supported by a majority of citizens : “You are important to us. Suicide is not an option.” The Living With Dignity network salutes this important initiative.

At the same time, members of the National Assembly are about to vote on Bill 52, An Act respecting end-of-life care. If passed, this bill ...

Continue Reading → Suicide Prevention? Yes. And euthanasia prevention!