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For immediate release<\/u>:<\/p>\n

Canadian Physicians Won\u2019t Kill<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The Physicians\u2019 Alliance against Euthanasia<\/em><\/strong>, representing more than 1100 Canadian doctors, is holding a press conference to present its position and answer questions:<\/p>\n

Tuesday October 2, 2018, 10:30 A.M.
\nHEKLA <\/strong>Meeting Room
\nCentreHotel Plaza
\nA\u00f0alstr\u00e6ti 4 \u2013 101 Reykjav\u00edk<\/p>\n

As World Medical Association<\/em><\/strong> (WMA) delegates gather in Reykjavik, Iceland, for its Medical Ethics Conference and Annual General Assembly<\/a>, Canadian doctors are speaking out against a so-called neutral ethical stance on euthanasia. Canadian physicians say neutrality on euthanasia is a license to kill.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Canadian Medical Association<\/em><\/strong> (CMA) and the Royal Dutch Medical Association<\/em><\/strong> (RDMA) are presenting a motion asking the WMA to take a neutral stance on the ethics of euthanasia and assisted suicide. The WMA has long rejected these acts as unethical. Only 6\u00a0of 200 countries (3%) worldwide permit doctors to intentionally cause death, and the vast majority of national medical associations oppose it.<\/p>\n

As Canadian physicians, we affirm that the CMA position does not reflect our views and experience, and that a neutral stance is illogical and untenable.<\/p>\n

The CMA abandonment of its long-standing policy against euthanasia and assisted suicide, and adoption of a neutral position, influenced Canada\u2019s 2015 Supreme Court ruling leading to 2016 legislation permitting euthanasia and assisted suicide.<\/p>\n

Since then, there is constant pressure to normalize and expand these practices and to abandon the safeguards instituted to protect vulnerable people. The government is looking into expanding euthanasia and assisted suicide to children and to people with mental illness and cognitive disorders. Doctors and hospitals are under pressure to provide euthanasia or to refer for it, even when it violates their fundamental principles.<\/p>\n

Dr. Paul Saba, a Montreal family physician states \u201cPeople need assistance in living and not for suicide.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Catherine Ferrier, President of the Physicians\u2019 Alliance against Euthanasia,<\/em><\/strong> warns the WMA against a neutral stance on euthanasia and assisted suicide noting that \u201cneutrality\u201d at the CMA led immediately to the promotion of euthanasia and assisted suicide in national and international forums.<\/p>\n

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The Physicians\u2019 Alliance against Euthanasia<\/strong> seeks to ensure quality medical care and respectful decision-making for vulnerable patients, especially those at risk of pressure to end their lives prematurely through euthanasia or assisted suicide, and to protect the professional integrity of all health care workers.<\/em>
\nwww.collectifmedecins.org\/en<\/a><\/p>\n

For further information in Canada:
\n438-938-9410
\ninfo@collectifmedecins.org<\/a><\/p>\n

In Iceland:
\nDr. Sheila Harding: +1 (306) 229-5379 and\u00a0Dr. Paul Saba: +1 (514) 886-3447<\/p>\n

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