Euthanasia Articles
Liberal Party endorses euthanasi
This past weekend the Liberal Party of Canada adopted a resolution at its biennial policy convention calling for decriminalization of [...]
Debating euthanasia
It is difficult to imagine how a fair-minded reader of Debating Euthanasia could come to any conclusion but that [...]
The meaning of Rasouli The case’s impact on physicians, patients and Hassan Rasouli
Hassan Rasouli In a ruling of vital national significance, the Supreme Court of Canada has held in the Rasouli case [...]
Doctors cannot unilaterally pull life support
Doctors at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto took their flight to unilaterally withdraw life support from Hassan Rasouli to three [...]
Dignity in Death
Dr. Donald Low became a public figure during the Toronto SARS crisis of 2003 when, amid innumerable news conferences, the [...]
Upholding human exceptionalism
At the end of July, the Campaign Life Coalition interns collaborated with the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform (CCBR) for [...]
Accidental death from pain treatment is not euthanasia
National Affairs Rory Leishman After years of debate over euthanasia, it is amazing that so many generally well [...]
Disabled children and youth being killed by their families
Tracy Latimer, who had cerebral palsy, was murdered by her father Robert in a case that garnered extensive media [...]
Parole condition lifted for Robert Latimer
EDMONTON – The National Parole Board has removed the parole condition of psychological counseling for convicted child killer Robert Latimer, [...]
Quebec proposes end-run around federal euthanasia prohibition
The Quebec government has tabled a bill proposing to legalize euthanasia after several years of debate and consultation. The Belgium-style [...]
Springtime March against euthanasia in Quebec
On May 18 approximately 1,700 people gathered in Quebec City to protest the provincial government’s plan to legalize euthanasia. Plans [...]
Doctors oppose euthanasia, palliative care doctors even more so
Two surveys indicate that palliative care physicians have a different position on euthanasia and assisted suicide from doctors in general. [...]
Poll shows support and skepticism for euthanasia
A new Environics poll shows that Canadians are somewhat reluctant to legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia. While nearly two-thirds respondents [...]
Euthanasia studies dissected in new book
Exposing Vulnerable People to Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide by Alex Schadenberg (Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, 66 pages, $20 for ebook or [...]
Quebec may ignore federal assisted suicide law
Quebec’s Parti Quebecois Premier Pauline Marois has said the province will follow the government-appointed commission’s recommendation that Quebec bypass the [...]