{"id":8585,"date":"2018-02-13T17:56:45","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T01:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8585"},"modified":"2018-07-09T17:58:59","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T00:58:59","slug":"politicians-call-on-public-to-oppose-fraser-health-making-hospices-offer-euthanasia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8585","title":{"rendered":"Politicians call on public to oppose Fraser Health making hospices offer euthanasia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Surrey Now Leader<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Heather Colplitts<\/p>\n<p>Fraser Health\u2019s decision to have hospices offer medically assisted dying prompted a couple hundred people to gather Saturday to discuss how to fight back.<\/p>\n<p>A Saturday evening meeting about the local health authority allowing medical assistance in dying (MAiD) included a discussion on whether there\u2019s a possible legal case, and what people, hospice societies and volunteers can do if they disagree with the health authority.<\/p>\n<p>All B.C. health authorities have said their various facilities would provide MAiD. Fraser Health funds the hospice residence near Langley Memorial Hospital where terminally ill people are able to receive care. The society has offices and space for its various bereavement programs at 20660 48th Ave. and has a contract with Fraser Health to provide volunteers for the residence. . . <strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.surreynowleader.com\/news\/watch-politicians-call-on-public-to-oppose-fraser-health-making-hospices-offer-euthanasia\/\">Full Text<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surrey Now Leader Heather Colplitts Fraser Health\u2019s decision to have hospices offer medically assisted dying prompted a couple hundred people to gather Saturday to discuss how to fight back. A Saturday evening meeting about the local health authority allowing medical assistance in dying (MAiD) included a discussion on whether there\u2019s a possible legal case, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8585\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Politicians call on public to oppose Fraser Health making hospices offer 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":[561,3266,1012],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-8585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-canada","category-euthanasia","category-news","tag-british-columbia","tag-fraser-health-authority-british-columbia","tag-hospices"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Politicians call on public to oppose Fraser Health making hospices offer 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=8585\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Politicians call on public to oppose Fraser Health making hospices offer euthanasia - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Surrey Now Leader Heather Colplitts Fraser Health\u2019s decision to have hospices offer medically assisted dying prompted a couple hundred people to gather Saturday to discuss how to fight back. 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