{"id":4657,"date":"2013-10-10T07:12:30","date_gmt":"2013-10-10T07:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4657"},"modified":"2013-11-17T07:18:20","modified_gmt":"2013-11-17T07:18:20","slug":"b-c-court-of-appeal-overturns-assisted-suicide-judgement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4657","title":{"rendered":"B.C. Court of appeal overturns assisted suicide judgement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a 2\/1 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.courts.gov.bc.ca\/jdb-txt\/CA\/13\/04\/2013BCCA0435.htm\" target=\"_blank\">decision<\/a>, the British Columbia Court of Appeal has overturned the Supreme Court ruling in <em>Carter v. Canada<\/em>, which would have legalized physician assisted suicide.\u00a0 The case will almost certainly be appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a 2\/1 decision, the British Columbia Court of Appeal has overturned the Supreme Court ruling in Carter v. 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