Why Canadians With Disabilities Need To Be Wary Of Medicalized Killing

Here’s a good take on what legal medicalized killing means to people with disabilities in Canada.

Euthanasia: Another word for murder?

Euthanasia is once again in the spotlight.

The Carter case, now before the courts in B.C., seeks to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada. It’s a constitutional challenge which seeks to legalize these practices as medical treatment and to be regulated within provincial health-care regulations.

On April 21, 2010, Canada’s parliament soundly defeated Bill C-384, which sought to amend the Criminal Code, allowing the right to die with dignity. It was a bad piece of legislation which, had it passed, would have directly threatened the lives of persons with disabilities.

We won this battle. However, Canada’s right-to-die lobby aren’t giving up that easily. more