Suicide Prevention for the able-bodied and Suicide Assistance for everyone else!
Suicide Prevention for the able-bodied and Suicide Assistance for everyone else! Parliament agreed on assisted suicide. Why didn’t the Supreme Court Listen? In April 2010 the elected officials of this country soundly defeated Francine Lalonde’s Bill 562 calling for assisted-suicide, 228 to 59. Yet those wanting a change in Canada’s laws did not take that as the resounding voice of Canadians. The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association used the Supreme Court to achieve its aim. “The BCCLA filed a lawsuit in 2011 to challenge the laws that criminalize doctors for helping competent, seriously ill individuals who wish [...]