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March 9, 2016

Alliance issues Vulnerable Persons' Standard to advise government on physician-assisted death

Michael Bach, executive vice president of Canadian Association for Community Living, speaks with journalists after the Supreme Court granted an extension on the Carter decision in January. Bach’s organization is part of an alliance seeking protections for vulnerable people on assisted death.

OTTAWA - A broad alliance of Catholic and other organizations opposed to assisted suicide is urging that upcoming legislation provide explicit protections for disabled and other vulnerable people including a review by a judge or independent authority prior to the killing of any patient.

Published in Canada