Canada Court Strikes Down Ban on Aiding Patient Suicide
NY Times, February 7, 2015
Ottawa — The Supreme Court of Canada on Friday [February 6, 2015] struck down laws banning physician-assisted suicide for patients with “grievous and irremediable” medical conditions.
The unanimous decision, which reverses the position taken by the court 22 years ago, came more quickly than expected and might become an issue in federal elections to be held this year.
Also see:
The National Post [of Canada]:
Andrew Coyne: Crossing the Rubicon, Supreme Court seems eerily complacent about ramifications of assisted suicide ruling
and
John Ivison: Conservatives will find themselves on wrong side of public opinion if they fight assisted-suicide decision
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