EUTHANASIA- Laws in CANADA
In Canada as in Australia, UK, and New Zealand suicide is legal but assisted suicide is illegal and voluntary euthanasia is illegal.
As with all legislations of this nature, there are built in safeguards. The person requesting assistance must be at least 18 year old and have continued to "experience severe physical or mental pain without any prospect of relief" after being given or refusing treatment.
A terminal diagnosis is also considered grounds for a request for assistance to die.In this regard C-384 is designed to ensure that doctors who help a person to die don't face a criminal prosecution.
Prior to this current PRIVATE MEMBER'S BILL, LALONDE introduced 2 bills earlier :
The first is June 2005 (BILL C-407) and the second is June 2008 (BILL C-562) aimed at legalizing euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada.
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