Sentences with phrase «against assisted suicide»

The prohibition against assisted suicide reflects this consensus and is designed to protect the vulnerable who might be persuaded to commit suicide.

None of the essays argues against assisted suicide and euthanasia simply because killing is wrong.

The prohibition against assisted suicide serves a similar purpose.

In doing so, the judges allowed the federal government's appeal of a 2012 British Columbia Supreme Court ruling that found Canada's law against assisted suicide in s. 241 of the Criminal Code violated the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

It has been 20 odd years since the Supreme Court of Canada upheld the ban against assisted suicide in the Sue Rodriguez case.

Recently, in Carter v. Canada (Attorney General), 2013 BCCA 435, the British Columbia Court of Appeal declined to strike down the Criminal Code provisions against assisted suicide on constitutional grounds.

Some hope was offered in a more sophisticated poll commissioned by Christian Action Research and Education, which invited respondents to consider five arguments against assisted suicide to see if these changed their views.

The editors of The Case Against Assisted Suicide: For the Right to End - of - Life Care, Drs. Kathleen Foley and Herbert Hendin, are renowned clinicians, researchers, and teachers.

The speaker at this event was Liz Carr, the disabled star of «Silent Witness», who as a stand - up comedienne gave a powerful speech against assisted suicide.

When I began advocating against assisted suicide twenty - three years ago, those on both sides of the debate used the same moral lexicon.

The New York Alliance Against Assisted Suicide unveiled a new website it says will enhance its ability to work against the legalization of physician - assisted suicide in the Empire State.

While the court declared the law against assisted suicide invalid, the judge suspended that declaration for one year to allow the Federal Government time to draft legislation with the ruling in mind.

This controversial decision of the BC Supreme Court held that the absolute prohibitions against assisted suicide in the Criminal Code violated sections 7 and 15 of the Charter (the Charter right to «life, liberty and security of the person» and the Charter guarantee of equality, respectively).

I recently gave a speech to a group of conservative senior citizens in California, arguing against assisted suicide, which is due to become legal there in June.

The only guaranteed way to prevent medical martyrdom is to maintain laws against assisted suicide and euthanasia.

The question of changing the law against assisted suicide is a matter best left to the Supreme Court of Canada or Parliament, the British Columbia Court of Appeal ruled in a high - profile case today.

The Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) and the Canadian Association for Community Living (CACL) were granted intervenor status in the appeal of the Carter Case, which struck down Canada's Criminal Code prohibitions against assisted suicide.

Mr Conway had proposed an assisted suicide scheme supported by extensive expert evidence, incorporating various safeguards, and argues that the blanket prohibition against assisted suicide is an unnecessary and disproportionate interference with his Article 8 ECHR rights.