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Jocelico's avatar

Euthanasia and Eugenics go hand in hand at a time where the Canadian Government is Financially Destroyed and the population aging ...

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Alison Malis's avatar

Seems like you're hung up on the semantics. I worked peripherally on the trial that resulted in the current legislation, including all discovery for both sides. What I did is of no moment, of course, but there were some particularly enlightening statements made in discovery, including one where the late, great Joe Arvay got the head of the Canadian palliative care association to admit that it is unknown if patients placed in a palliative coma can feel pain, or not. The intervenors in the Taylor trial were of particular significance. Each one of them faced a prolonged certain death, and simply wanted the right to choose the time and place of their passing. Oregon and Washington states have had "Death with Dignity" programs since the mid-1990s. If semantics is what is bothering you, the name "Death with Dignity" is perhaps more acceptable. That's what drove the Taylor trial, to have a legal death at the time of choosing, and in a dignified manner. After spending months and months listening to both sides of the argument, I know that I am grateful that, should I ever have to, I will have the legal choice to make a decision one way or the other.

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