The Winnipeg Centre Liberal MP is conflicted about the bill following a rash of suicides in 2 communities.
MAY
2016
The Winnipeg Centre Liberal MP is conflicted about the bill following a rash of suicides in 2 communities.
Certainly standard modern definitions of medicine, such as 'the science of diagnosing, treating, or preventing disease and other damage to the body or mind' (American Heritage Dictionary), no longer properly identify medicine where 'medical assistance in dying' refers not to palliative care but to deliberate killing.
Legalizing assisted suicide in other states has led to a rise in overall suicide rates — assisted and unassisted — in those states.
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