Wed Jun 14, 2023 – 10:43 am EDT
(Euthanasia Prevention Coalition) — On June 7, The Physicians’ Alliance against Euthanasia joined with the Living with Dignity citizen network to express their great disappointment that Bill 11, an Act to amend the Act respecting end-of-life care and other legislative provisions, was passed in the Quebec legislature.
Many people are not aware that Canada has two euthanasia laws, a Quebec law that came into effect in December 2015 and a federal law that came into effect in June 2016. Bill 11 amended the Quebec law.
The Physicians’ Alliance and Living with Dignity reported that Bill 11 will expand euthanasia in Quebec in the following ways:
creating an obligation for palliative care homes to offer MAiD [Medical Assistance in Dying] (in 6 months); offering MAiD in cases of serious physical disability together with the other criteria of the Act respecting end-of-life care (in 9 months); offering MAiD by advance request* (in a maximum of 24 months).
The Canadian Press reported that Bill 11 “also allows Quebecers to receive a doctor-assisted death in places other than hospitals, such as funeral homes and long-term care facilities.”
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