Verbatim: Court allows assisted suicide in Canada

By F&OFebruary 6, 2015   Canadian physicians in Canada will be legally allowed to assist some patients to die, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday.   The ruling affects those with “a grievous and irremediable medical condition that causes enduring and

Quebec legalizes doctor-assisted death

Quebec lawmakers voted in favour Thursday of allowing doctor-assisted suicide for terminally-ill patients. Canada’s federal government has previously said it would legally challenge the provision in the province’s Quebec’s law, “respecting end-of-life care” that, for the first time in Canada, would legally allow doctors to