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“People say that ‘safeguards’ and strict eligibility for death will offer protections,” said Hughes. “You can see just how unsuccessful this idea proved in Belgium where the categories of the killable have now expanded to include children. There’s even a booming suicide tourism now happening there. Mark my words, the same slippery slope will occur here in Canada. It’s been said before and it’s as true now as it was then: 'Once you start looking at killing as a means to solve problems, suddenly you’ll find more and more problems where killing is the only solution.'"

And the deathmongers will simply reuse their "safe and legal and rare" talking points.

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[goldstategop]

We live in a post-Christian world.

Why are people surprised? This is entirely predictable.

Once you go down the slippery slope, you have yet to hit bottom.

[Marcella]

We already have assisted suicide/murder in the United States. It's called a “Living Will”, which is really a ‘Death Will’. If a patient signs that, or someone with a Medical Power of Attorney for the patient, signs one, it means no resuscitation of the patient to keep him/her alive. That is assisted suicide (I prefer the term “murder” on the part of the hospital as they want that Living Will.)

I had my husband in six hospitals and every time the hospital asked if he had a Living Will. Every time I said, “It is not a Living Will, it is a Death Will and I have a Medical Power of Attorney for him and he wants to live, and here is a copy of that document for you.” Every time, that person took the document and never said another word about a Living Will.

[Phlap]

The decision was unanimous and I can't believe it. Until now there was no death penalty in Canada but with this decision "irremediable" medical conditions will abound.

[annalex]

the Court overturned a previous law prohibiting assisted suicide, in effect reversing the previous 1993 Rodriguez decision

That is because it is no "court" and there was no "law". It is really time to stop pretending that either we or Canada have a legitimate system of government.