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    Canadian assisted death bill would exclude 'tourist suicides'

    Canada unveiled an assisted death bill Thursday designed to ease the end of life for terminally ill patients while slamming the door on "suicide tourism" to ensure Americans and others won't flock there to die.

    People with psychiatric problems also would be excluded, and no advance consent would be allowed.

    "This is a historic day for our country," said Health Minister Jane Philpott. "It's an enormous responsibility to address the needs and suffering of Canadians as they reach the end of life."

    Prime Minister Justin Trudeau backs the bill, which now goes to the parliament for approval.

    "This is a difficult & deeply personal issue, and our government has carefully studied how best to support those in great suffering," Trudeau tweeted.

    In the United States, Peg Sandeen, executive director of Portland-based Death with Dignity National Center, was encouraged by the Canadian proposal.

    "Prime Minister Trudeau is a hero to many Canadians who suffer from a terminal disease and the family members of those who died long, agonizing deaths without the option of death with dignity," she said, adding that "much of the law Trudeau proposed comes from the work we have done in Oregon."

    Washington, Oregon, Vermont and Montana allow the practice, and California will join them in June. A court battle over the issue is underway in New Mexico. More than 230 assisted deaths were reported in 2014, and the annual figure has been steadily rising.

    Germany, Japan and Colombia are among countries allowing assisted deaths. Canadian Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould said the new bill would allow Canadians to "apply for a peaceful death" and protect the "conscience" of health care providers who provide suicide assistance.

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    The legislation, which has spurred tremendous controversy across the nation, stems from a Canadian Supreme Court ruling last year that struck down a ban on physician-assisted suicide as a violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The justices gave the government a year to work out legislation. Trudeau's Liberal government won a four-month extension, pushing the deadline to June 6.

    "This legislation is about empowering patients to take control of their own health care," Philpott said. "It's about allowing them to write their own stories."

    The Canadian bill would set a minimum age of 18 and require a 15-day "reflection period" to avoid a quick decision after a dark diagnosis. And patients must be eligible for Canada's national health care, a rule that would preclude foreigners from going to Canada to end their lives.

    Patients must be "suffering intolerably" and facing a "foreseeable" death.

    "It's a profound experience to sit by the side of people as they slip away from life," said Philpott, a family physician. "I have seen people die well and I have seen people die in misery."

    http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...-law/83018864/

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    Canada's Prescription for Getting Away with Murder
    By Wesley J. Smith — April 14, 2016
    http://www.nationalreview.com/human-...ription-murder

    The Canadian government has tabled its new euthanasia bill–and as expected, it will be the most radical in the world.

    Since the death doctor need not be present at the demise, the bill creates an unprecedented license for family members, friends–heck, a guy down the street–to make people dead. From the bill: http://tinyurl.com/hsxnju8 ...

    ...


    ...In short, this provision is the perfect defense for the murder of sick and disabled people who requested lethal drugs.

    The George Delury case http://tinyurl.com/j2ymq6h is an example of what I mean: Delury said he assisted wife, Myrna Lebov's suicide out of "compassion" and at her request due to MS.

    But his real hope was not only to be free from care giving, but become famous writing a book about her death. (He did, What If She Wants to Die?)

    It almost worked. But because assisted suicide was a criminal offense, authorities conducted an investigation and discovered his diary. It showed that contrary to the compassionate face Delury was conjuring, in reality, he emotionally pressured Myrna into wanting to commit suicide, telling her, for example, that she was a burden and ruining his life.

    He also withheld full dosage of antidepressants so he could use those drugs to kill her. And, he but put a plastic bag over her head to make sure she died.

    If euthanasia Canada's bill had been the law of New York when Delury killed Myrnov, he might have been able to coerce her into asking for lethal drugs. At that point, he could have killed her any time he wanted and there wouldn't have been a criminal investigation to find his diary.

    Canada has just paved the way for a person hungry for an inheritance or ideologically predisposed to get away with the perfect murder.
    This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity (futility) of their mind, having the understanding darkened...
    (Ephesians 4:17-18)

    Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly...
    (Psalm 1)

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