The Christian Medical and Dental Society of Canada has received permission to appeal a Jan. 31 Ontario Divisional Court decision that would force objecting doctors to refer for assisted suicide.
Charles Lewis: It’s vital to be informed on Catholic issues
We were all lined up at our desks, blank forms at the ready an plenty of pens for St. Michael’s parishioners to use.
OTTAWA – Euthanasia opponents and disability rights activists are uneasy about a process to liberalize Canada’s euthanasia law — a law which they say still lacks regulations and proper safeguards.
Med student 'distressed' by assisted suicide decisions
I am a second-year medical student at the University of Toronto. Next year, my peers and I will embark on a series of rigorous and demanding clinical rotations, shortly after which we will decide which area of medicine we will pursue in our professional lives. Conversations about the future abound.
Thousands step up in support of doctors' conscience fight
An Ontario campaign to pressure politicians over the protection of health care conscience rights is “democracy in action,” said an organizer.
B.C. hospices fight assisted suicide plan
SURREY, B.C. – Assisted suicide was legalized just over a year ago, but the debate is far from over.
World medical body pushes back on conscience fight
The international society of Catholic doctors is using Canada as an example of what can go wrong when doctors are forced to refer for abortion.
Fight over forced referral policy on assisted suicide not over yet
Ethical training for nurses in short supply, says bioethicist
Palliative care offers a final healing
Comment: Canada will be a full service death industry if we euthanize the mentally ill
During the summer I decided to take a break from speaking about euthanasia. There were several reasons. First, it was getting more and more difficult to find groups that were interested in hearing the anti-euthanasia message. Then when something was arranged only a handful of people would show up.
Euthanasia misses the message
Medicine in Canada has been undermined by the most permissive assisted dying laws in the world, physician and medical ethicist Sr. Nuala Kenny told about 150 Catholics gathered at the University of Toronto’s Regis College on Oct. 4.