Canada passes assisted dying law

Canada passes assisted dying law

The Canadian government has approved its assisted dying legislation, after the Senate backed off a bid to expand access beyond those who suffer from a terminal illness.

Under the approved law the patient seeking assistance to die must be near death and “in an ‘advanced state of irreversible decline,’ with enduring and intolerable suffering.”

Click for articles about this achievement:

• http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/06/18/482599089/canada-legalizes-physician-assisted-dying
• https://news.vice.com/article/canada-just-passed-a-law-that-regulates-assisted-suicide

Click for article and audio about “Five United Church people who helped shape Canada’s groundbreaking laws about options at the end of life”