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Bad But Not Hopeless News From Canada: Good News from Colorado

Posted in Canada, Canada Supreme Court, Colorado, Euthanasia/Assisted Suicide Two Sides of the Same Coin, Expansion of Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia, Legal Opinions, Legislative Efforts in Other States, Rejections of Assisted Suicide in other states, Uncategorized on February 7, 2015 | Comments Off

In a shocking unanimous decision yesterday, Canada’s  Supreme Court overturned the long-standing countrywide ban on doctor assisted death.  The ruling applies to the whole country. Because the ruling did not, as far as we can glean from newspaper reports, require that the poison by which a person’s life would be ended must be self administered, […]

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Canada’s Federal Government Files Counter-Arguments in British Columbia Court Case Finding the Federal Law Benning Assistance in S

Posted in Canada, Legal Opinions on October 25, 2012 | Comments Off

According to an article in the British Columbia newspaper The Province, the federal government government of Canada  has today filed court arguments challenging a British Columbia court decision finding a right to assistance in suicide and to euthanasia if a person is unable to commit suicide on his or her own. According to the article, […]

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Wonderful News: The Government of Canada Appeals the British Columbia Supreme Court Ruling Legalizing Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia

Posted in Canada, Legal Opinions on July 13, 2012 | Comments Off

The government of Canada is appealing last spring’s ruling by the British Columbia Supreme Court that the Canadian law banning assisted suicide is unconstitutional. It is also appealing the one time exemption given to the woman who brought the case,  a ruling that would have allowed her to be euthanized before the bill makes its […]

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