Canada Declares War on Christian Doctors and Nurses

First Things ^ | 3/4/16 | Wesley J. Smith

[marshmallow]

Last year, the Canadian Supreme Court created a right to euthanasia and assisted suicide. To qualify for death, the court ruled unanimously, one must be a competent adult with a medically diagnosed condition causing "irremediable suffering"-a circumstance wholly determined by the patient and including "psychological suffering."

The decision went well beyond mere legalization. Indeed, the court manufactured an enforceable legal right for qualified patients to receive what Canadian policymakers are euphemistically calling "medical aid in dying" (MAID).

But what about doctors opposed to euthanasia? The court left with Parliament and the medical colleges (associations) the decision of whether and how to accommodate doctors with conscience objections, granting a one-year (now extended) period within which to enact laws to govern the practice. Since then, civil liberties groups, provincial medical colleges, and official government commissions have urged Parliament [see here and here] to pass laws that would coerce doctors who are religiously or philosophically opposed to euthanasia to cooperate actively in mercy killings by forcing them to procure death doctors for their patients. Here’s how the federal panel put it:

RECOMMENDATION 10 That the Government of Canada work with the provinces and territories and their medical regulatory bodies to establish a process that respects a health care practitioner's freedom of conscience while at the same time respecting the needs of a patient who seeks medical assistance in dying. At a minimum, the objecting practitioner must provide an effective referral for the patient.

Gobbledygook: Requiring "effective referral" would materially violate-not respect-a "practitioner's freedom of conscience" through forced complicity in euthanasia, thereby trampling his faith under the boot of the state.

[Olog-hai]

"We must combat religion. That is the ABC of materialism and consequently of Marxism."

Looks like Trudeau II is taking the words of Lenin to heart.

[Talisker]

Canada’s more scary than most people realize.

[theBuckwheat]

The medical equivalent to our #BakeTheCake.

[wally_bert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGkgpGybVck

[Talisker]

[taxcontrol]

There is no need for a doctor to involve themselves in suicide of the patient. All that is needed is a bottle of 99% nitrogen gas which is available from any welding store, a hose and a plastic bag. Put the tube in the bag and turn on the nitrogen.

[Slambat]

“Canada’s more scary than most people realize.”

Scary like a monkey with a loaded gun. I can
totally understand why Canooks would want to kill themselves
what gets me is why there are any still alive.

[Faith Presses On]

“would coerce doctors who are religiously or philosophically opposed to euthanasia to cooperate actively in mercy killings by forcing them to procure death doctors for their patients”

Where in any “human rights” document is there a “right” to be free from ANY criticism/disagreement with what YOU believe?!