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, we are going to refer to what … [Read more...] about Bad But Not Hopeless News From Canada: Good News from Colorado
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Attorney’s Analysis of the Bill the Senate Will Vote on Tomorrow
Margaret Dore, an elder law attorney from Washington State, one of only two states in the nation where assisted suicide is legal, has written an excellent analysis of the version of S.77 the Judiciary Committee has sent to the House of Representatives for a floor debate and vote tomorrow. To read it go to … [Read more...] about Attorney’s Analysis of the Bill the Senate Will Vote on Tomorrow
Vermont Lawyer Norman Smith’s Testimony: I Fear for at Least One Client’s Life if Assisted Suicide is Legalized in VT
Testimony of Norman C Smith, Esq. Before the Vermont House Human Services Committee April 12, 2013 Chairwoman Pugh, members of the Committee, thank you for allowing me to testify. My name is Norman Smith. I was born and raised in St. Johnsbury, graduating from St. Johnsbury Academy in 1973. After graduating from MIT and Boston University Law School, I clerked for … [Read more...] about Vermont Lawyer Norman Smith’s Testimony: I Fear for at Least One Client’s Life if Assisted Suicide is Legalized in VT
Canada’s Federal Government Files Counter-Arguments in British Columbia Court Case Finding the Federal Law Benning Assistance in S
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, which can be read online at … [Read more...] about Canada’s Federal Government Files Counter-Arguments in British Columbia Court Case Finding the Federal Law Benning Assistance in S
Wonderful News: The Government of Canada Appeals the British Columbia Supreme Court Ruling Legalizing Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
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 way through the appeals process. The … [Read more...] about Wonderful News: The Government of Canada Appeals the British Columbia Supreme Court Ruling Legalizing Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia