{"id":5722,"date":"2015-02-04T20:23:32","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T04:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5722"},"modified":"2018-03-07T20:36:45","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T04:36:45","slug":"if-supreme-court-decriminalizes-physician-assisted-suicide-doctors-may-be-obligated-to-help-with-euthanasia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5722","title":{"rendered":"If Supreme Court decriminalizes physician-assisted suicide, doctors may be obligated to help with euthanasia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>National Post<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Shanifa Nasser<\/p>\n<p>Doctors may be forced to support euthanasia over their own religious objections if the Supreme Court of Canada decides to decriminalize physician-assisted suicide in a landmark ruling expected Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The court announced Monday it is set to rule on the Carter case launched on behalf of B.C. women Kathleen Carter and Gloria Taylor, who have since died.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the ruling, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, which regulates medical doctors in Ontario, has been seeking public input on a draft policy that would force the province&#8217;s doctors to help patients access any services to which they are legally entitled. It will finalize the policy after the comment period ends on Feb. 20.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever its policy ultimately looks like, the college is clear: a patient&#8217;s right to access services outweighs a doctor&#8217;s right to refuse them. &#8220;We prioritize the interests of our patients in facilitating access,&#8221; says Dr. Marc Gabel, past president of the college and chair of the policy&#8217;s working group. . . . [<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2015\/02\/04\/if-supreme-court-decriminalizes-physician-assisted-suicide-doctors-may-be-obligated-to-help-with-euthanasia\/\" target=\"_blank\">Full Text<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Post Shanifa Nasser Doctors may be forced to support euthanasia over their own religious objections if the Supreme Court of Canada decides to decriminalize physician-assisted suicide in a landmark ruling expected Friday. The court announced Monday it is set to rule on the Carter case launched on behalf of B.C. women Kathleen Carter and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5722\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;If Supreme Court decriminalizes physician-assisted suicide, doctors may be obligated to help with euthanasia&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,32,162,9],"tags":[1492,101,385,2303,1475,384,293],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-5722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-canada","category-euthanasia","category-news","tag-albertos-polizogopoulos","tag-carter-v-canada","tag-college-of-physicians-and-surgeons-of-ontario","tag-larry-worthen","tag-marc-gabel","tag-ontario","tag-referral"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>If Supreme Court decriminalizes physician-assisted suicide, doctors may be obligated to help with euthanasia - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5722\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"If Supreme Court decriminalizes physician-assisted suicide, doctors may be obligated to help with euthanasia - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"National Post Shanifa Nasser Doctors may be forced to support euthanasia over their own religious objections if the Supreme Court of Canada decides to decriminalize physician-assisted suicide in a landmark ruling expected Friday. 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