Posted on 02/06/2015 8:35:24 AM PST by RansomOttawa
People with grievous and irremediable medical conditions should have the right to ask a doctor to help them die, Canada's highest court says in a unanimous ruling..
The Supreme Court of Canada says a law that makes it illegal for anyone to help a person commit suicide should be amended to allow doctors to help in specific situations.
The ruling only applies to competent adults with enduring, intolerable suffering who clearly consent to ending their lives.
The court has given federal and provincial governments 12 months to craft legislation to respond to the ruling; the ban on doctor-assisted suicide stands until then. If the government doesn't write a new law, the current one will be struck down.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbc.ca ...
I guess SCOTUS means something like Jeb allowing Terry Schiavo to die without fluids, huh?
This also affects the insurance companies. If this is a medically sound practice, they will have to pay out on life insurance policies for death by suicide.
A dream come true for the seriously Depressed north of the
boarder. Terribly sad.
Fill out your end of life papers with an attorney. The doctors cannot go against your wishes.
My bad. Mea Culpa...So sorry... I’m still reading grade school primers in my spare time trying to catch up. As W. would say “It’s hard!” :0)
It’s the young and the old that get it ... abortion and euthanasia.
Francis Scaeffer said (back in 1979) that it would go from abortion to euthanasia to infanticide! We’re definitely well on our way.
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