{"id":7309,"date":"2017-08-14T06:28:40","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T13:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7309"},"modified":"2018-03-05T14:28:14","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T22:28:14","slug":"dying-with-dignity-may-challenge-ontario-law-exempting-religious-hospitals-from-offering-assisted-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7309","title":{"rendered":"Dying with Dignity may challenge Ontario law exempting religious hospitals from offering assisted death"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>At least 631 people have chosen a medically assisted death since it became legal, coroner tells CBC News<\/h2>\n<p><strong>CBC News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Laura Fraser<\/p>\n<p>While more than 630 Ontarians to date have legally ended their lives with the help of a nurse or doctor, none have been able to do\u00a0so within the walls of a hospital\u00a0that has\u00a0historic ties to the Catholic Church.<\/p>\n<p>But\u00a0advocates for medically assisted dying argue that since these are public-funded health-care centres, they are bound to offer the option\u00a0\u2014 even though Ontario law currently exempts any person or institution that objects.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s legislation that Dying With Dignity Canada may challenge\u00a0in court, according to the group&#8217;s CEO. . . [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/assisted-dying-religion-ethics-accessibility-1.4244328?cmp=rss&amp;partner=skygrid\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 631 people have chosen a medically assisted death since it became legal, coroner tells CBC News CBC News Laura Fraser While more than 630 Ontarians to date have legally ended their lives with the help of a nurse or doctor, none have been able to do\u00a0so within the walls of a hospital\u00a0that has\u00a0historic &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7309\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Dying with Dignity may challenge Ontario law exempting religious hospitals from offering assisted death&#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":[77,32,643,1185,162,9,295],"tags":[1560,1573,184,384,3296,2544,2411,2149,2543,2547],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-7309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-canada","category-christianity-catholicism","category-christianity-non-catholic","category-euthanasia","category-news","category-religious-freedom","tag-dying-with-dignity-canada","tag-eric-hoskins","tag-hospitals","tag-ontario","tag-providence-health-care-bc-canada","tag-providence-hospital","tag-salvation-army","tag-shanaaz-gokool","tag-st-josephs-hospital","tag-toronto-grace-health-centre"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Dying with Dignity may challenge Ontario law exempting religious hospitals from offering assisted death - 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=7309\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dying with Dignity may challenge Ontario law exempting religious hospitals from offering assisted death - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"At least 631 people have chosen a medically assisted death since it became legal, coroner tells CBC News CBC News Laura Fraser While more than 630 Ontarians to date have legally ended their lives with the help of a nurse or doctor, none have been able to do\u00a0so within the walls of a hospital\u00a0that has\u00a0historic &hellip; Continue reading &quot;Dying with Dignity may challenge Ontario law exempting religious hospitals from offering assisted death&quot;\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7309\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ConscienceProject\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-08-14T13:28:40+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-03-05T22:28:14+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@consciencepro\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@consciencepro\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=7309#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=7309\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Dying with Dignity may challenge Ontario law exempting religious hospitals from offering assisted death\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-08-14T13:28:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-03-05T22:28:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=7309\"},\"wordCount\":129,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Dying with Dignity Canada\",\"Eric Hoskins\",\"hospitals\",\"Ontario\",\"Providence Health Care (BC Canada)\",\"Providence Hospital\",\"Salvation Army\",\"Shanaaz Gokool\",\"St. Joseph's Hospital (Toronto, Ont Canada)\",\"Toronto Grace Health Centre\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Assisted suicide\",\"Canada\",\"ChristianityCatholic\",\"ChristianityNonCatholic\",\"Euthanasia\",\"News\",\"Religious Freedom\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=7309#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=7309\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=7309\",\"name\":\"Dying with Dignity may challenge Ontario law exempting religious hospitals from offering assisted death - Protection of Conscience Project News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-08-14T13:28:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-03-05T22:28:14+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=7309#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=7309\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=7309#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Dying with Dignity may challenge Ontario law exempting religious hospitals from offering assisted death\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Protection of Conscience Project News\",\"description\":\"Service, not Servitude\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Protection of Conscience Project\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\",\"caption\":\"Protection of Conscience Project\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ConscienceProject\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/consciencepro\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/consciencepro\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"\"}]}<\/script>\r\n","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Dying with Dignity may challenge Ontario law exempting religious hospitals from offering assisted death - Protection of Conscience Project News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7309","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Dying with Dignity may challenge Ontario law exempting religious hospitals from offering assisted death - Protection of Conscience Project News","og_description":"At least 631 people have chosen a medically assisted death since it became legal, coroner tells CBC News CBC News Laura Fraser While more than 630 Ontarians to date have legally ended their lives with the help of a nurse or doctor, none have been able to do\u00a0so within the walls of a hospital\u00a0that has\u00a0historic &hellip; Continue reading \"Dying with Dignity may challenge Ontario law exempting religious hospitals from offering assisted death\"","og_url":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7309","og_site_name":"Protection of Conscience Project News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ConscienceProject","article_published_time":"2017-08-14T13:28:40+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-03-05T22:28:14+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@consciencepro","twitter_site":"@consciencepro","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7309#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7309"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Dying with Dignity may challenge Ontario law exempting religious hospitals from offering assisted death","datePublished":"2017-08-14T13:28:40+00:00","dateModified":"2018-03-05T22:28:14+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7309"},"wordCount":129,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/#organization"},"keywords":["Dying with Dignity Canada","Eric Hoskins","hospitals","Ontario","Providence Health Care (BC Canada)","Providence Hospital","Salvation Army","Shanaaz Gokool","St. Joseph's Hospital (Toronto, Ont Canada)","Toronto Grace Health Centre"],"articleSection":["Assisted suicide","Canada","ChristianityCatholic","ChristianityNonCatholic","Euthanasia","News","Religious Freedom"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7309#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7309","url":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7309","name":"Dying with Dignity may challenge Ontario law exempting religious hospitals from offering assisted death - Protection of Conscience Project News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-08-14T13:28:40+00:00","dateModified":"2018-03-05T22:28:14+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7309#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7309"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7309#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Dying with Dignity may challenge Ontario law exempting religious hospitals from offering assisted death"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/","name":"Protection of Conscience Project News","description":"Service, not Servitude","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/#organization","name":"Protection of Conscience Project","url":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"","contentUrl":"","caption":"Protection of Conscience Project"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ConscienceProject","https:\/\/x.com\/consciencepro","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/consciencepro"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":""}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5432"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7309"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7310,"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7309\/revisions\/7310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7309"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpost_folder&post=7309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}