Bill C-14: Conscience Rights
June 30, 2016
By now you may have heard of Bill C-14. It is the bill that regulates medically assisted dying in Canada. This bill will affect all of us, but in a special way, it will affect our medical practitioners, many who argue the restrictions are not adequate. The issue is complicated further by the fact that the bill is a Federal bill, but how it will be implemented is a provincial jurisdiction.
To explore the matter further, and to find out how the new Assisted Dying Bill will affect medical practitioners, I spoke with Deacon Larry Worthen, Executive Director of the Christian Medical and Dental Society of Canada.
Learn more about the issue:
Join me for this special "end-of-life" edition of Perspectives, tomorrow, Friday, July 1st at 7pm ET / 4pm or 8pm PT. If you miss it because it's Canada Day, it will repeat on Sunday, July 3 at 7pm and 11pm ET / 8pm PT.
- Christian Medical and Dental Society of Canada
- Coalition for Healthcare and Conscience (Canadians for Conscience)
- Statement by Canadian Catholic Conference of Bishops President, Bishop Douglas Crosby of Hamilton, on the recent approval of Bill C-14 legalizing euthanasia and assisted suicide
- More from our bishops on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
- Euthanasia Prevention Coalition
- International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
- Catholic Organization for Life and Family
- Evangelical Fellowship of Canada
- A look at assisted-dying guidelines across Canada
- Dr. Theo Boer
- Don't make our mistake: As assisted suicide bill goes to Lords, Dutch watchdog who once backed euthanasia warns UK of 'slippery slope' to mass deaths
S+L Programs on Assisted Dying:
Documentaries:
- Turning the Tide: Dignity, Compassion and Euthanasia
Perspectives: The Weekly Edition:
Catholic Focus interviews:
- End Of Life Issues: The Law
- End Of Life Issues: Human Life Matters (with Mark Pickup)
- End of Life Issues: What Does the Church Say? (with Archbishop Richard Smith)
- End of Life Issues Ending the Pain
- End of Life Issues: Quality of Life
Other series:
From our Blog
Deacon-structing End of Life:
Deacon-structing End of Life Issues:
From Fr. Rosica:
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