QUEBEC'S "DOCTOR ASSISTED DEATH" BILL GOES BACK TO COURT

Dec 09, 2015

By Andy Johnson

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The debate over Quebec’s law on assisted dying is back in court today as government lawyers seek leave to appeal an injunction handed down by a lower court last week.

 

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If upheld, the injunction could postpone implementation of the law until at least February.  It was supposed to become law tomorrow.  The injunction was sought by the Quebec-based “Coalition of Physicians for Social Justice” and is related to a Supreme Court ruling last February.  That ruling struck down the prohibition on physician-assisted death and gave the federal government a year to re-write the law.

The Quebec legislation outlines how terminally ill patients can end their lives with medical help.  It was adopted by the National Assembly in June of 2014.

 

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