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- A Canadian Armed Forces veteran testified in December 2022 that a veterans affairs case worker offered her medical assistance in dying instead of necessary home support.
- This event followed the 2016 Canadian legislation legalizing euthanasia and reports of other veterans being offered assisted death when seeking help for PTSD.
- Groups like the Christian Life Community criticized government euthanasia proposals for lacking safeguards, proper mental competence protocols, and risking vulnerable patient harm.
- Veteran Kelsi Sheren called these offers “disgusting” and “unacceptable,” while data showed about 70% prefer palliative care over assisted suicide in related surveys.
- These developments suggest euthanasia policies could shift medical ethics, potentially normalizing assisted death over support and raising concerns over coercion and social impact.
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The campaign of the Luca Coscioni Association has started these days to support its proposal of law on legal euthanasia. We talk about it with Maria Rachele Ruiu and Luigi Manconi.Continue reading
‘Dangerous’ euthanasia proposals could harm the vulnerable - Christian community
The government’s voluntary euthanasia proposals could “harm the most vulnerable, erode medical ethics, and reshape the social fabric in dangerous ways”, according to the Christian Life Community (CLC).In a statement Friday, the CLC raised several concerns in response to the government’s consultation on Assisted Voluntary Euthanasia (AVE), urging authorities to instead “fully implement” the National...
Canadian veteran seeking help for PTSD offered euthanasia
Another Canadian Armed Forces veteran has come forward saying he was offered euthanasia from a Government department responsible for pensions, benefits and services for war veterans after he contacted them for help with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). David Baltzer, who served two tours in Afghanistan, explained how a Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) agent brought up the topic of “medical-assisted suicide”, saying “I was in my lowest down po…
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