During the second day of consultations on Bill 52, we only heard from two groups. Both groups are for the proposed bill. Suggestions of note, that the revocation of requests for medical aid in dying be written by hand, that the bill be broadened to include inapt people, even minors and that the doctor who objects must find another to perform the task.
Invited groups
The two groups invited today were:
- Ordre des travailleurs sociaux et thérapeutes conjugaux et familiaux du Québec (OPTSQ)
- Association québécoise des établissements de santé et de services sociaux (AQESS)
Written revocation
The AQESSS requests that the revocation of the request for medical aid in dying be made by hand, just like the initial request. This is a very big burden to bear, it must be easier to choose life over death. Are we aiming for the protection of the patient or that of the establishment?
Inapt people and/or minors
The idea of including inapt people in Bill 52 was advised again yesterday, notably by the Collège de médecins du Québec. But nobody had yet spoken of including minors. The OPTSQ did so without hesitation. Children, very vulnerable people, would also be subject to this law. Unbelievable.
Objection of conscience
Bill 52 is said to allow doctors to refuse to give medical aid in dying if they object, but in reality it forces them to refer the patient to the hospital's director of public health to find another doctor to kill the patient. The AQESSS would like to go even further and force the doctor to find his replacement himself. The accomplice to murder is just as culpable as the killer...
MNA Yves Bolduc evoked the possibility of the supervision from a distance of medical aid in dying if all the doctors in an establishment refuse to do it. So not only do we help you to die but we also do it from a distance.The height of technocratic medecine.
Thus the end of a short day but such a day that makes one shudder.
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