Canada on Friday has the right to regulate medical assistance in euthanasia – Dziennik.pl

The law passed in the form proposed by the government Justin Trudeau , which means that the right to assisted suicide will be paid to any person aware of your decision, suffering “unbearable” and so sick that their death can take place in the “foreseeable future.” No Senate passed the amendment, which widened the circle of persons entitled to receive medical treatment in euthanasia.

The Parliament has worked on the Law of April., When the government filed its design. The pace of parliamentary work was associated with the Supreme Court of Canada

6 February 2015 r. The Supreme Court then ruled that the law prohibiting assisting suicide terminally ill is unconstitutional. – The sick person has two choices: to end his life prematurely, often in a dramatic way, or suffer until death. The choice is cruel – posted judges in a unanimous decision. The deadline for adoption of a law passed on June 6 this year. From that day formally force the interpretation of the Supreme Court.

The law depenalizująca medical assistance in committing suicide as a rare political project aroused discussions. It was not a conflict between supporters and opponents of this aid, but rather a dispute over the conditions necessary for the will of the patient has been fulfilled. Canadian society has long since made a name for itself sentence in this case. In February this year. Ipsos poll showed that 80 percent. Canadians believe that medical assistance at the end of life should be possible in situations where a person deliberately so wishes at the time of diagnosis of a serious and incurable disease, even if at the time of death, not in a position to repeat this request.

From the statements of representatives of the government that the current legal formula is only the beginning of further work.

In a statement on Friday Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould and Health Minister Jane Philpott acknowledged that the new law properly balances the “autonomy of those who try to get medical care at the end of life, and protect the weak and defenseless” . They added also that it will continue further work on possible modifications of the law.