{"id":7460,"date":"2017-06-19T19:20:26","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T02:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7460"},"modified":"2018-03-06T17:31:33","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T01:31:33","slug":"canadian-euthanasiaassisted-suicide-law-meaning-of-reasonably-foreseeable-clarified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7460","title":{"rendered":"Canadian euthanasia\/assisted suicide law: meaning of “reasonably foreseeable” clarified"},"content":{"rendered":"

Advocates hail judge’s decision in woman’s assisted death appeal<\/h2>\n

Toronto Star<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alysha Hasham<\/p>\n

A 77-year-old woman seeking medical assistance in dying has a “reasonably foreseeable” natural death, a judge declared Monday in an attempt to clear up uncertainty that left her doctor unwilling to perform the end-of-life procedure for fear of a murder charge.<\/p>\n

The decision has been hailed by advocates for clarifying a confusing part of the assisted-dying legislation.<\/p>\n

Two doctors found that the woman, known under a publication ban as AB, qualified for medical assistance in dying.<\/p>\n

But the first doctor later said he was “uncomfortable” performing the procedure because another doctor had disagreed that the woman met the requirement of a reasonably foreseeable natural death, and because of the vagueness of the term “reasonably foreseeable.” . . . [Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n