Euthanasia in Belgium: From Legalization to Promotion

Belgian physician Georges Casteur, board member of the Belgian Society of ethics and medical morality, states that the evolution of the practice of euthanasia in Belgium is a typical case of a slippery slope and predicts it will be the same in Quebec if Bill 52 is implemented.

At the invitation of the Physicians’ Alliance Against Euthanasia, Dr. Casteur gave a seminar on June 8 in Montreal, which can be watched here (in French), based on 11 years of experience of euthanasia in Belgium and the conclusions formulated ...

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JUN
2014
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Blog

Reaction of the Physicians’ Alliance against Euthanasia to the adoption of Bill 52

"The battle has just begun"

Montreal XX February 2014 – The Physicians’ Alliance against Euthanasia denounces the adoption of Act 52, "An Act respecting end-of-life care". This constitutes a serious betrayal of the sick and the dying, as the act of killing a terminally ill patient is not treatment, but homicide. Our MNAs have also failed in their duty to the entire population of Quebec by trying to fundamentally change the very definition of medicine, the concept of health care and ...

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5
JUN
2014
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Press Releases

Press release – Rushed adoption of Bill 52: a parody of democracy that invites legal challenges

Montreal, May 22, 2014 – In order to have Bill 52, An Act respecting end-of-life care,adopted prior to the end of the new session on June 13,the Quebec Government has broken Mr. Philippe Couillard’s promise to hold a free vote on the Bill and announced that the Bill will be reintroduced in the exact state it was in when the election was called.

To do so, the unanimous consent of all members of the National Assembly, from all political parties, is ...

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22
MAY
2014
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Press Releases

Open Letter to Dr. Philippe Couillard

Dear Dr Couillard,

We congratulate you on your victory in the April 7 election. Nonetheless we feel compelled to express our deep disappointment, and that of many medical colleagues and other Quebec citizens, at your announcement the day after the election that you intend to reintroduce Bill 52, including medical aid in dying.

Knowing that in October 2013 you expressed serious reservations about the “medical aid in dying” component of Bill 52, we are mystified by your about-face on this very grave ...

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APR
2014
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Alliance communication, Open letters

The Facts on Euthanasia: An Overview by Dr. François Primeau.

Depression in the terminal stage is common and receives little care, and patients who suffer from it are four to five times more likely to request euthanasia.

This is one of the salient facts discussed in an impressive seminar recently presented by Dr. François Primeau, psychiatrist and Chief of Geriatric Psychiatry at the CSSS Alphonse-Desjardins, during an Association of Quebec Psychiatrists conference (AMPQ). We invite you to listen to this teleconference, which we make available with permission from Dr. Primeau and ...

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23
APR
2014
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Blogue

It’s Time to Act Again

After the majority win by Philippe Couillard and the Liberal Party during Monday’s elections, we received the bad news on Tuesday that Mr. Couillard intends on going forward with the end-of-life bill, which includes medical-assisted death.  This has come about despite half of his caucus in the last government being opposed to it and even he himself having expressed reservations on the subject last fall.
Their position has been taken.  It is time ...
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APR
2014
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Blog

Debate on Bill 52 at the CHUM

Dr. Patrick Vinay, from the Physicians’ Alliance against Euthanasia, and Dr. Yvette Lajeunesse, responsible for teaching ethics to pre- graduates students at the University of Montreal will hold a debate (in French) on Bill 52 Wednesday, April 9.

We encourage you to attend this debate and share your point of view, especially since the event will be held two days after the provincial election. Your involvement can make a difference. On the program for the debate between the two speakers :

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APR
2014
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Blog

Confused language in Bill 52, says Dr. Mount

Dr Balfour Mount was interviewed for the CBC radio show The Current. The episode Checking-In: The Triple Package, Cancer Research and How stress levels affect traders aired on February 20 2014. Dr Mount’s interview begins approximately 15:10 into the half hour show.

As the founder of palliative care in North America, he knows what he’s talking about when he discusses caring for people at end of life. As a cancer patient, he also has a very personal perspective on the ...

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1
MAR
2014
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Blog, Uncategorized

The American College of Pediatricians takes a stance against euthanasia for children.

In a press release dated February 17, 2014, the American College of Pediatricians state that “Physicians are Healers, not Killers”. The are “appalled by Netherlands’ recent legalization of Neonatal Euthanasia and Belgium’s legalization of euthanasia for terminally ill children of any age.”

They sound an alarm bell – They say that laws allowing euthanasia for children will soon be possible in the United States. We fear that such laws might happen in Quebec and Canada as well.

The President of American ...

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FEB
2014
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