{"id":5491,"date":"2020-12-04T22:24:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T03:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collectif.lesartsmartial.com\/en\/?p=5491"},"modified":"2025-08-12T00:18:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T04:18:08","slug":"joint-press-release-of-living-with-dignity-and-the-physicians-alliance-against-euthanasia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/joint-press-release-of-living-with-dignity-and-the-physicians-alliance-against-euthanasia\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint Press release of Living with Dignity and the Physicians&#8217; Alliance against Euthanasia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For immediate release:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Medical Assistance in Dying:&nbsp; MPs Vote in Favour of Bill C-7<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where do we draw the line now?<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Montreal, Friday, December 4, 2020&nbsp;<\/strong>&#8211;  Like all the groups and individuals who spoke out in the hope that Bill  C-7 will be amended to better protect the most vulnerable people from  &#8220;medical assistance in dying&#8221; (MAID),&nbsp;<em>Living with Dignity&nbsp;<\/em>and the&nbsp;<em>Physicians&#8217; Alliance Against Euthanasia&nbsp;<\/em>are deeply concerned about the outcome of yesterday&#8217;s preliminary vote (at report stage) by Members of Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday,  on the World Day of Persons with Disabilities, Canadians living with  disabilities were reminded that with Bill C-7, they would have the right to access MAID. Yet, all the national groups representing them have  opposed this and have asked an excellent question: Why us?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Who will be the next groups targeted? People with mental illness? Those  with neurodegenerative disorders? Minors? By removing the end-of-life  criteria required to access MAID, it will now be exceedingly difficult  not to extend this so-called &#8220;right&#8221; to other citizens in the months and  years to come,&#8221; said Mr. Alex King, President of Living with Dignity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pressure is now mounting on the Senate, which in turn must vote on whether or  not to pass Bill C-7. It appears that several Senators want to amend the  bill to add mental illness alone as a MAID admission criteria. After  the outcry caused by this idea in Quebec last January, we believe it is  absolutely unreasonable to even consider offering MAID to people  suffering from mental illness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople suffering from mental illness deserve to be offered professional help,  not death,\u201d continued Mr. King. \u201cWe are fast becoming a society where  those who seek assistance when they are suffering and vulnerable will be  offered death as a solution to their pain. What is next? Will suicide  helplines be obliged to tell those who call for help that one option is a  medically assisted death? Physicians are on the front line dealing with  vulnerable Canadians; they should not be offering death, regardless of  whether we describe it as care or medical assistance.\u201d .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr.  Catherine Ferrier, President of the Physicians&#8217; Alliance against  Euthanasia encourages Senators \u201cto amend C-7 to prohibit offering MAID  to a patient who has not requested it (as the Minister for the Inclusion  of Persons with Disabilities, Ms. Carla Qualtrough, has already  suggested) and to require that all other possible means to relieve suffering be made available, tried and found ineffective before  considering MAID.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It should be noted that, at report stage, 103 Members of Parliament voted  against Bill C-7 yesterday, while 213 Members voted in favour. This  proposed bill removes the end-of-life criteria and several of the  safeguards that were deemed essential by parliamentarians when Canada  legalized MAID only four years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The development of palliative care must now become a national priority.  Solutions other than euthanasia must be made available to those who are  suffering. As with all people in distress, they deserve to be reminded  of their inalterable dignity with kindness and love. It is a matter of  justice and solidarity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To request an interview with Mr. Alex King, Dr. Catherine Ferrier or Dr. Pascal Bastien, please contact:&nbsp;<br><br>Charmine Francis<br>Living with Dignity<br>438.931.1233<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:info@vivredignite.org\" target=\"_blank\">info@vivredignite.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For immediate release: Medical Assistance in Dying:&nbsp; MPs Vote in Favour of Bill C-7 Where do we draw the line now? 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