{"id":29148,"date":"2014-10-15T18:44:47","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T10:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=29148"},"modified":"2014-10-17T18:48:27","modified_gmt":"2014-10-17T10:48:27","slug":"the-supreme-court-must-uphold-legal-protections-for-every-canadian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/10\/15\/the-supreme-court-must-uphold-legal-protections-for-every-canadian\/","title":{"rendered":"The Supreme Court must uphold legal protections for every Canadian"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LONDON — The Supreme Court is hearing
\na case concerning Canada’s laws related to euthanasia and assisted
\nsuicide.<\/p>\n

Many Canadians are concerned about whether the laws designed to protect
\ntheir lives will be upheld by the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition intervened in this case at every
\nlevel.<\/p>\n

EPC legal counsel Hugh Scher states:<\/p>\n

EPC is concerned about the safety, security and equality of people with\u00a0disabilities and seniors, which is central to the protections set out\u00a0under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and our Criminal Code.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

EPC-BC chair Dr Will Johnston states:<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court will consider this important public safety issue. The\u00a0Court rejected assisted suicide and euthanasia in 1993 and prevented\u00a0Canada from taking a wrong turn. In the 20 years since, human nature\u00a0has not changed, our poor record of predicting the dying process has\u00a0not changed, and vulnerable people are still at risk in our health care\u00a0system. We are getting better at controlling symptoms, and we have seen
\nthe abuses of euthanasia in those few jurisdictions where this practice\u00a0has become entrenched.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Let us hope that by clarifying the issues, the Supreme Court once again
\nconfirms the Canadian rejection of suicide and direct killing of the
\nsick, and that we stay the course by improving symptom control to all
\nwho need it.<\/p>\n

EPC Executive Director, Alex Schadenberg states:<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court needs examine how decriminalizing euthanasia or\u00a0assisted suicide will affect every Canadian.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In other jurisdictions, euthanasia has expanded to include people with
\ndepression, people with psychiatric problems, people with dementia,
\nteenagers and other incompetent people. The laws in other jurisdictions
\nhave also been abused.<\/p>\n

Canadian society needs to focus on how it cares for people in difficult
\ncircumstances, not how it could kill these people.<\/p>\n

Article courtesy of the\u00a0Euthanasia Prevention Coalition via Globe Newswire.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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