Canadian Hospice to Be Shuttered for Refusing Euthanasia

National Review ^ | 1/8/21 | Wesley J. Smith

[marshmallow]

I have written here before about Delta Hospice in British Columbia, which has been under unremitting pressure by the government of the province — including a funding cutoff — only because it refuses to participate in euthanasia. It is now being forced to lay off clinical workers and faces eviction. From the press release:

The board of DHS deeply regrets being compelled to take this action. Tragically, as the video and the attached background document make clear, we have been left no other choice due to the Fraser Health Authority canceling our service agreement and 35-year lease. Fraser Health is about to evict us and expropriate approximately $15 million of our assets simply because we decline to euthanize our patients at our 10-bed Irene Thomas Hospice in Ladner, B.C.

To be clear, we accept that the provision of MAiD is an elective, legal service across Canada.Nothing in Canadian law, however, requires medically assisted death to be made available everywhere, at all times, to everyone. The Constitution of our private Society and our commitment to palliative care, bars us from offering it. Neither the board of the DHS, nor the vast majority of our patients and members want to change that.

[frogjerk]

Sometimes you have to take a stand and accept the illegitimate consequences of your principled actions. This is what courage looks like.

[Sonshinegirl]

My father was under hospice in a small town in Ontario ... they euthanized him ...they were aware he was in liver failure and gave him a MEGA does of morphine..they needed his room

[coloradan]

Hospice that Refuses Euthanasia to be Euthanized

[metmom]

It’s for comfort care for the already dying, not murdering those already on their way out.

This is ludicrous.