{"id":764,"date":"2014-10-15T07:01:25","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T11:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/collectif.lesartsmartial.com\/?p=764"},"modified":"2014-10-14T17:13:51","modified_gmt":"2014-10-14T21:13:51","slug":"physicians-alliance-intervenes-in-carter-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/physicians-alliance-intervenes-in-carter-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Carter: The Physicians\u2019 Alliance against Euthanasia intervenes  before the Supreme Court of  Canada to defend vulnerable  patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"right\">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n<p>Montreal, October 15,  2014 &#8211; The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today in Carter vs.  Canada (Attorney-General) on the right of  individuals to obtain assistance to  commit suicide or to be euthanized. Through their lawyers (Mr. Pierre Bienvenu Ad.E.  and Mr. Andres Garin, from the firm Norton Rose  Fulbright), the Physicians\u2019 Alliance against Euthanasia  will argue before the Court that neither assisted suicide nor euthanasia constitutes health  care and that their prohibition  in the Criminal Code must continue to apply throughout  Canada and for everyone, to preserve its function of protecting all citizens, regardless of their condition.\n  <\/p>\n<p>The more than 660 physicians\u00a0  of the Alliance , through their clinical  experience, are very aware of the  vulnerability of suffering and dying patients. For  this reason they have at heart the need to  prevent the abuse and injustice that  would inevitably follow the introduction  of assisted suicide and euthanasia  into the Canadian health care system.  The Alliance obtained the authorization of  the Court both to submit a brief and  to be heard orally.\n  <\/p>\n<p>In light of the  clinical experience of its members and their particular expertise regarding  the Canadian health system, the Alliance maintains that the right to life guaranteed by the Canadian Charter  of Rights and Freedoms and Quebec\u2019s Charter  of Human Rights and Freedoms cannot be  transformed into a &quot;right to  die&quot;, a transformation which, in  its concrete application, carries an inherent risk  of undermining the security of a large number of Canadian citizens, including  those who are weak or vulnerable.\n  <\/p>\n<p>The Alliance and the  citizen network Living with Dignity also filed a motion in the Superior Court of Quebec on \u200b\u200bJuly 17 to have the provisions on  &quot;medical aid in dying&quot; in  the <em>Act<\/em><em> respecting end-of-life care<\/em> (formerly Bill 52) declared invalid. The law was adopted by the National Assembly of Quebec on \u200b\u200bJune 5. The two groups  argue that the issue addressed by  these provisions is at the heart  of the exclusive federal jurisdiction over criminal law and that Quebec does not have  jurisdiction to adopt them.\n  <\/p>\n<p>The decision of the  Supreme Court in Carter could have  a decisive impact on the fate of Law 52.\n  <\/p>\n<p>-30-\n  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources: <\/strong>The citizen network <em>Living  with Dignity<\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/\">http:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/<\/a>) and the <em>Physicians\u2019  Alliance against Euthanasia <\/em>(<a href=\"http:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/\">http:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/<\/a>).\n  <\/p>\n<p>For more information or to organize an  interview, please contact:\n  <\/p>\n<p>Nicolas Steenhout<br \/>\n  Director General<br \/>\n  Living with Dignity<br \/>\n  info@vivredignite.org<br \/>\n  438-931-1233<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Montreal, October 15, 2014 &#8211; The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today in Carter vs. Canada (Attorney-General) on the right of individuals to obtain assistance to commit suicide or to be euthanized. 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