{"id":6830,"date":"2016-05-23T16:35:27","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T23:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6830"},"modified":"2018-03-06T21:37:28","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T05:37:28","slug":"christian-elderly-care-provider-in-canada-refuses-to-provide-medical-aid-in-dying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6830","title":{"rendered":"Christian elderly care provider in Canada refuses to provide &#8216;medical aid in dying&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>The Christian Times<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">CB Condez<\/p>\n<p>Baptist Housing, a Christian senior care provider in Brtiish Columbia, Canada, will not provide physician-assisted death in its facilities, which has disappointed some people who are for allowing terminally ill patients to have the option to end their lives.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We feel that as a faith organization we would want to exercise our conscience in terms of that,&#8221; said CEO Howard Johnson, as quoted by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/british-columbia\/baptist-housing-care-homes-not-allowed-assisted-dying-1.3589123\" target=\"_blank\">CBC News<\/a>. &#8220;We do believe that there is sanctity in life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Grace Pastine, litigation director of the B.C. Civil Liberties Union, said that the housing&#8217;s stance is unconstitutional since assisted suicide is legal in Canada and it is &#8220;a constitutional right for critically ill Canadians.&#8221; . . . <strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/christiantimes.com\/article\/christian-elderly-care-provider-in-canada-refuses-to-provide-medical-aid-in-dying\/55787.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Full Text<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Christian Times CB Condez Baptist Housing, a Christian senior care provider in Brtiish Columbia, Canada, will not provide physician-assisted death in its facilities, which has disappointed some people who are for allowing terminally ill patients to have the option to end their lives. &#8220;We feel that as a faith organization we would want to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6830\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Christian elderly care provider in Canada refuses to provide &#8216;medical aid in dying&#8217;&#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":[77,32,1185,162,9,295],"tags":[2329,561,2328],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-6830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-canada","category-christianity-non-catholic","category-euthanasia","category-news","category-religious-freedom","tag-baptist-housing","tag-british-columbia","tag-british-columbia-civil-liberties-association-bccla"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Christian elderly care provider in Canada refuses to provide &#039;medical aid in dying&#039; - 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