Canadian Government May Allow Doctors to Euthanize Mentally Disabled People

Last week, Canada’s federal government asked the Quebec court for a four month extension to amend the euthanasia law. On February 24, Canada’s federal government introduced Bill C-7, an act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying). Bill C-7 is the federal government’s response to the Quebec Court decision that struck down the section of Canada’s euthanasia law that requiring that “natural death be reasonably foreseeable” before qualifying for death by euthanasia (lethal injection).-- More...