The pro-euthanasia group Dying with Dignity Canada is demanding an end to religious exemptions that…
By Bridget Sielicki
Live Action News
The pro-euthanasia group Dying with Dignity Canada is demanding an end to religious exemptions that allow medical facilities with a religious affiliation to decline to participate in assisted suicide. Alex Schadenberg, international chair of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, explained that the group is specifically campaigning for an end to âforced transfersâ â a term they use to describe what happens when people are âforcedâ to relocate to a facility that will participate with the countryâs Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD) laws.
Assisted suicide and euthanasia are currently allowed in Canada under its MAiD laws. However, Global News reports that the government also maintains an agreement in which medical facilities covered under the Denominational Health Association can receive government assistance but refuse to participate in activities they oppose on religious or moral grounds. In some cases, this means that hospitals or nursing homes with a religious affiliation are refusing to carry out euthanasia requests…