Tag Archives: Assisted Suicide
The Slippery Slope
Canada’s Parliament will be returning Dec, 3 and one of the first things on the agenda will be the issue of assisted suicide, something that the Supreme Court has said must be addressed soon. Given that, I thought might be appropriate to re-post some of my thoughts on the subject from earlier this year. Who […]
Euthanasia II – The Price of Death
Canada’s Parliament will be returning Dec, 3 and one of the first things on the agenda will be the issue of assisted suicide, something that the Supreme Court has said must be addressed soon. Given that, I thought might be appropriate to re-post some of my thoughts on the subject from earlier this year. Who […]
Euthanasia I – A Not So Modest Proposal
Canada’s Parliament will be returning Dec. 3 and one of the first things on the agenda will be the issue of assisted suicide, something that the Supreme Court has said must be addressed soon. Given that, I thought might be appropriate to re-post some of my thoughts on the subject from earlier this year. Who […]
The Slippery Slope
Those opposing the recent Supreme Court of Canada ruling that has opened the door to assisted suicide in Canada are frequently branded as alarmists by proponents of euthanasia. Supposedly there will be controls to ensure that only those who wish to die are allowed to kill themselves. A new study done in the Province of […]
Euthanasia II – The Price of Death
In the not too distant future, it seems, Ontario’s health care system will have to confront the issue of assisted suicide. The question won’t be whether to allow it or not. The Supreme Court of Canada has ordered Parliament to make it happen, and my guess is Parliament is too spineless to tell the Court […]
Euthanasia I – A Not So Modest Proposal
In anticipation of euthanasia being legalized in Canada, medical schools are scrambling to update their curriculum. Thanks to the Supreme Court they now have to teach physician assisted suicide. Or think they may have to – at this point there is no death curriculum. The whole issue is in legal limbo right now and won’t […]
Assisting Death
Sitting waiting for the vet to look at a sick cat at one o’clock in the morning gave me plenty of time to think. Expecting bad news, my mind turned to some other bad news that has hit Canada recently, something more serious than our seemingly unending winter. Canada is about to have a national […]
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