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Canadian judge strikes down ban on physician-assisted suicide
By Agence France-Presse
Friday, June 15, 2012 19:07 EDT
MONTREAL — The Supreme Court of British Columbia on Friday said a ban
against physician-assisted suicides was unconstitutional.
The ruling related to the case of a 64-year-old woman named Gloria Taylor
who suffers from Lou Gehrig’s disease, and was one of five plaintiffs
seeking to overturn legislation that prohibits doctor-assisted suicides.
Lou Gehrig’s disease, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosism, is a devastating
neurodegenerative disorder that progressively robs patients of control
over their bodies.
In a 395-page ruling, Judge Lynn Smith said that provisions of the
Criminal Code that prohibit physician-assisted death were invalid and
discriminatory, and “unjustifiably infringe the equality rights” of the
plaintiffs in the case.
The ruling was suspended for one year, Justice Smith indicated, giving
parliament 12 months to draft and consider the legislation. But the judge
granted an exemption to Taylor that allows her to proceed with physician-
assisted death, under certain conditions.
“The impact of that distinction is felt particularly acutely by persons
such as Ms. Taylor, who are grievously and irremediably ill, physically
disabled or soon to become so, mentally competent and who wish to have
some control over their circumstances at the end of their lives,” Smith
wrote.
Smith stipulated that her ruling would only apply to “competent, fully
informed, non-ambivalent adult persons who personally (not through a
substituted decision-maker) request physician-assisted death, are free
from coercion and undue influence and are not clinically depressed.”
The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition qualified the decision as “naive” and
vowed to appeal the ruling.
Photo of Victoria, capital of British Columbia, by Brandon Godfrey [CC-BY-
SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia
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Canadian judge strikes down ban on physician-assisted suicide
By Agence France-Presse
Friday, June 15, 2012 19:07 EDT
MONTREAL — The Supreme Court of British Columbia on Friday said a ban
against physician-assisted suicides was unconstitutional.
The ruling related to the case of a 64-year-old woman named Gloria Taylor
who suffers from Lou Gehrig’s disease, and was one of five plaintiffs
seeking to overturn legislation that prohibits doctor-assisted suicides.
Lou Gehrig’s disease, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosism, is a devastating
neurodegenerative disorder that progressively robs patients of control
over their bodies.
In a 395-page ruling, Judge Lynn Smith said that provisions of the
Criminal Code that prohibit physician-assisted death were invalid and
discriminatory, and “unjustifiably infringe the equality rights” of the
plaintiffs in the case.
The ruling was suspended for one year, Justice Smith indicated, giving
parliament 12 months to draft and consider the legislation. But the judge
granted an exemption to Taylor that allows her to proceed with physician-
assisted death, under certain conditions.
“The impact of that distinction is felt particularly acutely by persons
such as Ms. Taylor, who are grievously and irremediably ill, physically
disabled or soon to become so, mentally competent and who wish to have
some control over their circumstances at the end of their lives,” Smith
wrote.
Smith stipulated that her ruling would only apply to “competent, fully
informed, non-ambivalent adult persons who personally (not through a
substituted decision-maker) request physician-assisted death, are free
from coercion and undue influence and are not clinically depressed.”
The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition qualified the decision as “naive” and
vowed to appeal the ruling.
Photo of Victoria, capital of British Columbia, by Brandon Godfrey [CC-BY-
SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia
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Jun 16, 2012, 1:11:10 AM6/16/12
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On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 01:00:36 +0000, 3026 Dead quacked:
> http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/06/15/canadian-judge-strikes-down-ban-
doctors who are employed by the State to decide whether patients whose
(expensive) medical care is paid for by the same State to determine
whether those patients should be allowed to "choose" to die?
Oddly, just yesterday Zepp posted an article that seemed to criticize
China's policy of forced abortions for women who exceeded the official
one child per couple policy.
In Western debate, the right to abortion is often linked with the right
to euthanasia. In China, women are coerced into "choosing" abortion,
just as other Chinese "choose" to be euthanized so their organs can be
harvested for transplant into wealthy Western businessmen.
Mind you, I *SUPPORT* the right to reproductive choice. I am merely
observing the hypocrisy of leftards who pretend to express outrage over
the inconvenient revelation of forced abortions in China, while at the
same time bleating their fanatical support for a Democrat president who
appointed a science adviser who advocates forced abortions and
sterilizations as a way to control overpopulation.
> http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/06/15/canadian-judge-strikes-down-ban-
on-
> physician-assisted-suicide/?
> utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%
> 28The+Raw+Story%29
>
> Canadian judge strikes down ban on physician-assisted suicide By Agence
> France-Presse Friday, June 15, 2012 19:07 EDT
>
>
> MONTREAL — The Supreme Court of British Columbia on Friday said a ban
> against physician-assisted suicides was unconstitutional.
>
> The ruling related to the case of a 64-year-old woman named Gloria
> Taylor who suffers from Lou Gehrig’s disease, and was one of five
> plaintiffs seeking to overturn legislation that prohibits
> doctor-assisted suicides.
Am I the only one who notices the conflict of interest of allowing
> physician-assisted-suicide/?
> utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%
> 28The+Raw+Story%29
>
> Canadian judge strikes down ban on physician-assisted suicide By Agence
> France-Presse Friday, June 15, 2012 19:07 EDT
>
>
> MONTREAL — The Supreme Court of British Columbia on Friday said a ban
> against physician-assisted suicides was unconstitutional.
>
> The ruling related to the case of a 64-year-old woman named Gloria
> Taylor who suffers from Lou Gehrig’s disease, and was one of five
> plaintiffs seeking to overturn legislation that prohibits
> doctor-assisted suicides.
doctors who are employed by the State to decide whether patients whose
(expensive) medical care is paid for by the same State to determine
whether those patients should be allowed to "choose" to die?
Oddly, just yesterday Zepp posted an article that seemed to criticize
China's policy of forced abortions for women who exceeded the official
one child per couple policy.
In Western debate, the right to abortion is often linked with the right
to euthanasia. In China, women are coerced into "choosing" abortion,
just as other Chinese "choose" to be euthanized so their organs can be
harvested for transplant into wealthy Western businessmen.
Mind you, I *SUPPORT* the right to reproductive choice. I am merely
observing the hypocrisy of leftards who pretend to express outrage over
the inconvenient revelation of forced abortions in China, while at the
same time bleating their fanatical support for a Democrat president who
appointed a science adviser who advocates forced abortions and
sterilizations as a way to control overpopulation.
3026 Dead
Jun 16, 2012, 1:19:19 AM6/16/12
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On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 00:11:10 -0500, Dänk 42Ø wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 01:00:36 +0000, 3026 Dead quacked:
>
>> http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/06/15/canadian-judge-strikes-down-ban-
> on-
>> physician-assisted-suicide/?
>> utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+
%
>> 28The+Raw+Story%29
>>
>> Canadian judge strikes down ban on physician-assisted suicide By Agence
>> France-Presse Friday, June 15, 2012 19:07 EDT
>>
>>
>> MONTREAL — The Supreme Court of British Columbia on Friday said a ban
>> against physician-assisted suicides was unconstitutional.
>>
>> The ruling related to the case of a 64-year-old woman named Gloria
>> Taylor who suffers from Lou Gehrig’s disease, and was one of five
>> plaintiffs seeking to overturn legislation that prohibits
>> doctor-assisted suicides.
>
> Am I the only one who notices the conflict of interest of allowing
> doctors who are employed by the State to decide whether patients whose
> (expensive) medical care is paid for by the same State to determine
> whether those patients should be allowed to "choose" to die?
But letting for-profit companies decide that for the doctors is OK?
> On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 01:00:36 +0000, 3026 Dead quacked:
>
>> http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/06/15/canadian-judge-strikes-down-ban-
> on-
>> physician-assisted-suicide/?
>> utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+
%
>> 28The+Raw+Story%29
>>
>> Canadian judge strikes down ban on physician-assisted suicide By Agence
>> France-Presse Friday, June 15, 2012 19:07 EDT
>>
>>
>> MONTREAL — The Supreme Court of British Columbia on Friday said a ban
>> against physician-assisted suicides was unconstitutional.
>>
>> The ruling related to the case of a 64-year-old woman named Gloria
>> Taylor who suffers from Lou Gehrig’s disease, and was one of five
>> plaintiffs seeking to overturn legislation that prohibits
>> doctor-assisted suicides.
>
> Am I the only one who notices the conflict of interest of allowing
> doctors who are employed by the State to decide whether patients whose
> (expensive) medical care is paid for by the same State to determine
> whether those patients should be allowed to "choose" to die?
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