{"id":2340,"date":"2016-03-25T12:37:47","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T16:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/?p=2340"},"modified":"2018-05-29T15:37:09","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T19:37:09","slug":"vol-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/vol-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Vol. 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;\"><strong style=\"font-size: 72px; line-height: 20.8px;\">Q u i - v\u00a0i v e \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><strong style=\"font-style: italic; line-height: 1.2em;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2em;\">Living With Dignity Newsletter<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; font-style: italic;\">\u00a0 Vol. 4<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<table style=\"line-height: 1.6em; width: 100%;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vivredignite.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/files\/civicrm\/persist\/contribute\/images\/Photo Aubert_site.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 175px; height: 217px; margin-top: -20px; margin-bottom: -20px; float: left; border-width: 3px; border-style: solid;\" src=\"http:\/\/vivredignite.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/files\/civicrm\/persist\/contribute\/images\/Photo%20Aubert_site.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<table style=\"height: 595px;\" width=\"489\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">\n<p style=\"margin-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong style=\"color: #000080; line-height: 1.6em;\">A Word from the Director<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.8px; margin-left: 30pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.6em;\">February ended with the publication of the scandalous recommendations of the <\/span><a style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.6em;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.parl.gc.ca\/content\/hoc\/Committee\/421\/PDAM\/Reports\/RP8120006\/pdamrp01\/pdamrp01-e.pdf\">Special Joint Committee on physician assisted dying<\/a><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.6em;\">, in charge of \"advising\" the Federal government on the legalization of assisted suicide in Canada. Several alarming issues raised widespread indignation, even among supporters of assisted suicide (<\/span><a style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.6em;\" href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/full-comment\/john-moore-i-support-assisted-suicide-but-what-were-proposing-goes-too-far\">see example here &gt;&gt;<\/a><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.6em;\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.8px; margin-left: 30pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">Among others, the euthanasia of children by 2019, the requirement for doctors and institutions to be complicit despite their conscientious objection, euthanasia for people with psychological problems and the possibility of having recourse to assisted suicide without being at an end-of-life stage are all proposals showing the inevitable direction that is taken when the prohibition of homicide is removed.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.8px; margin-left: 30pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">This irresponsible report reminds us that we must continue to oppose the projects of these sorcerer's apprentices. And March promises to be busy, since the Liberal government is likely to table its bill to legalize assisted suicide in Canada.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.8px; margin-left: 30pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">I want to thank everyone who took the time to write me in the last month, whether it was to show your support, to give ideas, to share your experience in the trenches or to tell us about your own personal initiatives. I am always happy to read your ideas and to converse with you.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"opacity: 0.9; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.2px; width: 120px; height: 30px; float: left;\" src=\"http:\/\/vivredignite.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/files\/civicrm\/persist\/contribute\/images\/Signature%20Aubert.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><b>News in Quebec<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">February 16: <\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">the media report a dozen official euthanasia cases in Quebec since the entry into force of the law. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/montreal\/quebec-medical-assisted-dying-euthanasia-quebc-1.3452366\">Read article &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\"><strong>February 29<\/strong>: a communication campaign is launched by the Government of Quebec on end of life care. <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=p1j6pDSl-RI&amp;\">Link to the message &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">\u200b<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><b>News in Canada<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\"><strong>February 11<\/strong>: Liberals announce that its members will have to vote in favour of the law to be proposed on Assisted Suicide (voting the party line). <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/politics\/liberals-to-whip-the-vote-in-favour-of-assisted-dying-law\/article28734747\/\">Read article &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u200b\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\"><strong>February 17<\/strong>: party line criticized by Liberal members. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/opinion\/assisted-dying-a-charter-issue-that-demands-a-vote-of-conscience\/article28859030\/\">Read article &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\"><strong>February 19<\/strong>: Liberals suspend decision to whip vote on assisted-dying bill <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/politics\/liberals-back-away-from-pledge-to-whip-vote-on-assisted-dying-bill\/article28818535\/\">Read article &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\"><strong>February 25<\/strong>: publication of <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/politics\/liberals-back-away-from-pledge-to-whip-vote-on-assisted-dying-bill\/article28818535\/\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">the report of the <\/span><\/a><a style=\"line-height: 1.6em; font-size: 13px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.parl.gc.ca\/content\/hoc\/Committee\/421\/PDAM\/Reports\/RP8120006\/pdamrp01\/pdamrp01-e.pdf\">Special Joint Committee on Physician-Assisted death<\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em; font-size: 13px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">, containing a dissenting report of Committee members who did not approve the\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">\"majority\" report which prioritizes access to death rather than the protection of the living. <a href=\"http:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/2016\/02\/the-special-joint-committee-promotes-access-to-death-over-protection-of-the-living\/\">Read our press release &gt;&gt;<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">\u200b<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em; font-size: 13px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">\u200b<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Jump into the action during the month of March!<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\">\n<ul style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\">\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\">S<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\">upport Vulnerable Persons Standard<\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\">\u00a0(NPV\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vps-npv.ca\/\">&gt;&gt;<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\">) by filling the boxes\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vps-npv.ca\/support-the-standard\">at the bottom of this page &gt;&gt;<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\">. This initiative aims to bring together all those who have at heart the protection of the most vulnerable among us. We encourage you to read the impressive letter by Jean Vanier published in the Globe and Mail:\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/opinion\/in-assisted-dying-remember-this-we-all-are-fragile\/article28964162\/\">Read the letter &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\">Sign the petition against euthanasia for psychiatric illness<\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\">: sign the petition\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/assist-people-with-mental-illnesses-to-thrive-not-die?recruiter=40838932&amp;utm_source=share_petition&amp;utm_medium=facebook&amp;utm_campaign=autopublish&amp;utm_term=des-md-no_src-reason_msg&amp;fb_ref=Default\">here &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\">Support the\u00a0<em>Coalition for Healthcare and Conscience<\/em><\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\">\u00a0by entering your name and email in the boxes at the following address:\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.canadiansforconscience.ca\/\">http:\/\/www.canadiansforconscience.ca\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\">Send a postcard to members of Parliament in Ottawa<\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\">\u00a0by ordering free postcards\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\" href=\"http:\/\/alexschadenberg.blogspot.ca\/2016\/03\/euthanasia-prevention-coalition.html\">available here &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\">Send a personal letter<\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\">\u00a0(or the model already prepared for you) to the Minister of Health, the Minister of Justice and your local MP\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.canadiansforconscience.ca\/federal_government\">by clicking here &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\">Start your own petition<\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\">\u00a0using this simple and effective model:\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/start-a-petition?step=ask\">see model here &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\">Send a letter and \/ or email to MPs in Ottawa<\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\">\u00a0(see below a few points that you can recommend to the government to take account of your concerns in its Bill):<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"color: #444444; font-family: HelveticaNeue, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: 18px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><u><span style=\"line-height: 20.8px; color: #333333;\">Suggested recommendations:<\/span><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">if the government legalizes \"medical aid in dying\", it should never be considered health care, and should remain an act only allowed in exceptional cases;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">the protection of vulnerable people should always be more important than seeking broad accessibility to \"medical aid in dying\";<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">the new law should protect children by prohibiting \"medical aid in dying\" for minors within the meaning of the law (under age 18 in most provinces);<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">society should not accept that the condition of persons living with a disability be considered a sufficient reason for wanting to die;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">it should be mandatory to record assisted suicide or euthanasia as the cause of death on death certificates, in order to ensure transparency (this is not the case in Quebec);<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">the new law should guarantee healthcare professionals their right to refuse any participation in \"medical aid in dying\", including no obligation to refer requests, which would make them accomplices in the act;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">remind Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that a party line is undemocratic, especially for such a sensitive and controversial issue, that it concentrates power in his voice alone, and suppresses the voice of elected MPs and the population.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"color: #444444; font-family: HelveticaNeue, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: 18px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><u><span style=\"line-height: 20.8px; color: #333333;\">Where to send your letters \/ comments?<\/span><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">To send an email to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:justin.trudeau@parl.gc.ca\">justin.trudeau@parl.gc.ca<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">To send an email to the Minister of Health, Dr. Jane Philpott:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Hon.Jane.Philpott@Canada.ca\">Hon.Jane.Philpott@Canada.ca<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">To send an email to the Minister of Justice, Ms. Jody Wilson-Raybould:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:mcu@justice.gc.ca\">mcu@justice.gc.ca<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">For the list of all MPs in Ottawa:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lop.parl.gc.ca\/ParlInfo\/Lists\/Members.aspx?Parliament=1924d334-6bd0-4cb3-8793-cee640025ff6&amp;Riding=&amp;Name=&amp;Party=&amp;Province=&amp;Gender=&amp;New=False&amp;Current=True&amp;First=False&amp;Picture=False&amp;Section=False&amp;ElectionDate=&amp;SortColumn=PersonName&amp;SortDirection=AS\">click here &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">For the list of all senators:\u00a0<a href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/Proprio\/Downloads\/o%09http:\/www.parl.gc.ca\/SenatorsBio\/default.aspx%3fsortord&amp;Language=E\">click here &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 40px;\">\n<li>\u200b<span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, serif; line-height: 20.8px;\">To send a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.8px; margin-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Honourable Mr. Justin Trudeau<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.8px; margin-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Prime Minister of Canada<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.8px; margin-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">80 Wellington Street<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.8px; margin-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Ottawa, Ontario, Canada<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.8px; margin-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">K1A 0A2<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\"><b style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.8px; color: #000080;\">FILE ON ASSISTED SUICIDE AROUND THE WORLD: Warnings for Canada (English and French)<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"clear: both;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">A saying in History reminds us that we must know the past to understand the present in order to predict certain features of the future. In this vein, we continue our portrait of the situation in countries that have already legalized euthanasia or assisted suicide:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"clear: both;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"><span class=\"watch-title \" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 20.8px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; background: transparent;\" title=\"Vulnerable: The Euthanasia Deception - Documentary Promo\"><strong>Vulnerable: The Euthanasia Deception<\/strong>: Documentary promo of an<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 17px;\">\u00a0educational outreach initiative\u00a0from the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition coming in June 2016 with moving and troubling testimonies on the euthanasia experience in\u00a0Belgium:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qcbGK2tTvsI\">Watch video &gt;&gt;\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"><span class=\"watch-title \" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; background: transparent;\" title=\"Pulling Back the Curtain on Assisted Suicide\"><strong>Pulling Back the Curtain on Assisted Suicide<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 17px;\">The data from Oregon tells us that during the time assisted suicide has been legal (non-assisted) suicide rates have exploded:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OV-99-kF2m8\">Watch video &gt;&gt;<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"><span id=\"eow-title\" class=\"watch-title \" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; background: transparent;\" title=\"Testimony to Maryland Legislature against assisted suicide by William L Toffler M.D.\"><strong>Testimony from an Oregon physician\u00a0against assisted suicide<\/strong>.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qQWRtR9P5gc\">Watch video &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"><strong>Swiss reports jump in assisted suicide numbers<\/strong>:\u00a0Swiss assisted suicide organisation\u00a0<span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.152px; line-height: 22.8px;\">attributes the rise to the steady increase in membership and the significant ageing of society<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; letter-spacing: 0.152px; line-height: 22.8px;\">.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/society\/right-to-die_exit-reports-jump-in-assisted-suicide-numbers\/41992602#.VtcGI5-9lVc.facebook\">Read article &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"><span style=\"line-height: 16.0016px;\"><strong>Study finds concerning trends among Dutch assisted suicide cases<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 16.0016px;\">Laws permitting assisted suicide may justify the right of even psychiatric patients to end their lives in theory, but the reality of implementing such programs is messy, a study of the Netherlands finds.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; line-height: 16.0016px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newsdaily.com\/2016\/02\/study-finds-concerning-trends-among-dutch-assisted-suicide-cases\/#o3F5dhWIPVMiSJK2.99\">Read article &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.152px; line-height: 22.8px;\"><span class=\"text\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative;\">En Suisse, les demandes de suicide assist\u00e9 \u00ab ont explos\u00e9\u00a0\u00bb:<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; letter-spacing: 0.152px; line-height: 22.8px;\"><span class=\"text\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/genethique.org\/fr\/en-suisse-les-demandes-de-suicide-assiste-ont-explose-65054.html#.VuCMQvvhDIW\">Lire l'article &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><b style=\"line-height: 20.8px; color: #000080; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;\">Press Review (French and English)<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"><strong>Parliament must let doctors practise with a clear conscience<\/strong>.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/opinion\/assisted-dying-parliament-must-let-doctors-practise-with-a-clear-conscience\/article28569267\/\">Read article &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"><strong>Assisted suicide: crime today, health care tomorrow?<\/strong>:\u00a0\u201cAssisted death\u201d is not a constitutionally mandated service, as some have characterized it. To permit is not to mandate.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/2016\/02\/09\/assisted-suicide-crime-today-health-care-tomorrow\/\">Read article &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"><strong>A request for euthanasia is a failure of society<\/strong>:\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 15px;\">A person asking for euthanasia or assisted suicide represents a failure in the health system and society in general. Something went wrong somewhere.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mercatornet.com\/careful\/view\/a-request-for-euthanasia-is-a-failure-of-society\/17599\">Read article &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"><strong>John Moore: I support assisted suicide, but what we\u2019re proposing goes too\u00a0far<\/strong>:\u00a0a journalist who spent<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"><span style=\"line-height: 24px;\">years campaigning for the right of doctor assisted death finds himself\u00a0arguing against the very thing he asked for:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/full-comment\/john-moore-i-support-assisted-suicide-but-what-were-proposing-goes-too-far\">Read article &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\">Assisted dying report goes beyond scope, ignores evidence:<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0e<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; line-height: 18px;\">ssentially all disabilities can be included in the open-ended criteria for access.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/opinion\/assisted-dying-report-goes-beyond-scope-ignores-evidence\/article28939386\/\">Read article &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"><b style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\">La destruction de l'interdit moral:\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\">comment les opposants \u00e0 l'euthanasie ont \u00e9t\u00e9 marginalis\u00e9s, pr\u00e9sent\u00e9s m\u00e9diatiquement comme des fondamentalistes religieux, trait\u00e9s avec un m\u00e9lange de respect de fa\u00e7ade et de condescendance profonde.\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lefigaro.fr\/vox\/societe\/2015\/02\/09\/31003-20150209ARTFIG00174-euthanasie-au-canada-aide-a-mourir-la-destruction-de-l-interdit-moral.php\">Lire l'article &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"><strong>Trop de pr\u00e9cipitation<\/strong>:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #4d4d4d; line-height: 16px;\">Un d\u00e9bat moralement aussi d\u00e9licat et \u00e9pineux que l'aide m\u00e9dicale \u00e0 mourir ne devrait pas se faire avec un fusil sur la tempe. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lapresse.ca\/le-droit\/chroniqueurs\/patrick-duquette\/201602\/25\/01-4954757-trop-de-precipitation.php\">Lire l'article &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"><strong>Pourquoi les m\u00e9decins ont des r\u00e9ticences<\/strong>: confusions et \u00e9vidences sur la r\u00e9alit\u00e9 du terrain.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/plus.lapresse.ca\/screens\/4f0f396a-93b5-4133-a5de-142e3d2cae75%7C_0.html\">Lire l'article &gt;&gt;<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"><strong>Le docteur qui a quitt\u00e9 l'h\u00f4pital<\/strong>: un projet de g\u00e9riatrie sociale.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lapresse.ca\/le-soleil\/actualites\/chroniques\/mylene-moisan\/201602\/20\/01-4952909-le-docteur-qui-a-quitte-lhopital.php\">Lire l'article &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"><a style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\" href=\"http:\/\/ici.radio-canada.ca\/regions\/manitoba\/2016\/02\/02\/008-depression-aide-medicale-mourir-loi-suicide-assiste-maladie-mentale.shtml\">\u200b<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><b>Videos to watch (French and English)<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"><span id=\"eow-title\" class=\"watch-title \" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 20.8px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; background: transparent;\" title=\"Vulnerable: The Euthanasia Deception - Documentary Promo\"><strong>Vulnerable: The Euthanasia Deception<\/strong>: Documentary promo of an<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 17px;\">\u00a0educational outreach initiative\u00a0from the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition coming in June 2016 with moving and troubling testimonies on the euthanasia experience in\u00a0Belgium:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qcbGK2tTvsI\">Watch video &gt;&gt;\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span id=\"eow-title\" class=\"watch-title \" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.8px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; background: transparent;\" title=\"Jeanette\u2019s Story: 15 Years Later\"><strong>Jeanette\u2019s Story: 15 Years Later<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\">Oregon resident, Jeanette Hall, had less than a year to live, she asked her cancer doctor for the pills to commit suicide. Dr. Kenneth Stevens got to know her better and inspired her to consider treatment. The tumor just \u201cmelted away\u201d and now -- 15 years later -- Jeanette says: \u201cIt\u2019s great to be alive\u201d.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tSvIy8JIT7E\">Watch video &gt;&gt;<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span id=\"eow-title\" class=\"watch-title \" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.8px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; background: transparent;\" title=\"Pas l'euthanasie, mais les soins palliatifs\"><strong>Pas l'euthanasie, mais les soins palliatifs<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\">Bernard Lapointe, M.D, professeur agr\u00e9g\u00e9, oncologie et m\u00e9decine familiale, \u00e0 la Facult\u00e9 de m\u00e9decine de l'Universit\u00e9 McGill, titulaire de la Chaire de soins palliatifs Eric M. Flanders et chef des soins palliatifs \u00e0 l'H\u00f4pital g\u00e9n\u00e9ral juif parle des probl\u00e8mes et des paradoxes soulev\u00e9s par l'arriv\u00e9e de leuthanasie dans notre\u00a0syst\u00e8me de sant\u00e9.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RD07Awtv54U\">Voir le vid\u00e9o &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\">\u200b<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><b style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.8px;\">To make a donation is... to take action!<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">Our organization would not exist without the support of people who share our vision of human solidarity and our mission to promote good palliative care for all. With your contribution, we can act on your behalf by advocating in person (conferences, panels), in the media (interviews, articles, press releases), and on social networks (blogs, website, Facebook, Twitter).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">Thus, by contributing, you are directly participating in defending future generations, especially vulnerable people, threatened by euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">Thank you for your active support!<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/donations\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">Donate now\u00a0&gt;&gt;<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n.<br \/>\nQ u i &#8211; v\u00a0i v e \u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0Living With Dignity Newsletter<br \/>\n\u00a0 Vol. 4<\/p>\n<p>A Word &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[607,735],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-qui-vive-living-with-dignity-newsletter","category-735"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2340"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5451,"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2340\/revisions\/5451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}