{"id":9982,"date":"2019-12-17T09:38:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T17:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9982"},"modified":"2020-03-17T14:08:47","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T21:08:47","slug":"forcing-a-hospice-to-euthanize-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9982","title":{"rendered":"Forcing a Hospice to Euthanize in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> National Review<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"author\">Wesley J. Smith<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n            Euthanasia is more than just legal in Canada. It has become a government-guaranteed right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>             But how to guarantee that the legally qualified who want to die are made dead? Unless the government establishes killing centers out of <em>Soylent Green<\/em>, it will have to coerce doctors to do the killing  or procure the euthanasia doctor -called &#8220;effective referral&#8221; \u2014 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/weekly-standard\/obliged-to-kill\" target=\"_blank\">as has been done in Ontario.<\/a> And, it will have to force medical facilities into allowing euthanasia on premises, whether their administators like it or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>             Such an imposition is now taking place in British Columbia, where the Delta Hospice board of directors are standing tall for the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/web-exclusives\/2015\/02\/hospice-defend-yourself\" target=\"_blank\">hospice philosophy of caring<\/a> \u2014 but never killing \u2014 by refusing to permit euthanasia in the facililty. In response, the BC Health Minister is threatening to restrict funding in the single-payer system, which, ironically, would undercut the facilities ability to care optimally for their patients who don\u2019t want to be killed. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/british-columbia\/article-bc-hospice-may-face-penalties-if-it-fails-to-make-medically-assisted\/\" target=\"_blank\">From the <em>Globe and Mail<\/em> story:<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>                 A B.C. hospice society that refuses to provide medical assistance in dying at its facility in violation of local rules has been given until Thursday to submit plans for compliance.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>                 Health Minister Adrian Dix said the Delta Hospice Society, which operates the Irene Thomas Hospice in Ladner, may face penalties if it fails to do so.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>                 \u201cWe\u2019ve asked them \u2026 to provide their plan to fulfill their contract with the Fraser Health Authority and it is our expectation that they will,\u201d Mr. Dix said on Wednesday. \u201cShould they not want to fulfill their contract with Fraser Health, there may well be consequences of that.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>             It it my understanding that there is a Fraser hospital <em>directly across the street<\/em> from the hospice where patients are euthanized. It would be easy to move hospice patients who want to have that done to the hospital where they could be put down according to their desire. But even if that weren\u2019t true, so long as the hospice advises patients that euthanasia is not permitted on site, why force the issue? Why threaten to bring financial ruin upon a small, heterodox-managed institution?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/irenethompsonhospice-1.jpg\" alt=\"Forcing a Hospice to Euthanize in Canada\" class=\"wp-image-9985\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\n            <em>Because of the message that Delta sends<\/em> <em>that euthanasia is morally wrong and an improper way to treat terminally ill patients.&nbsp;<\/em>That is what burns. Hence, the authoritarian response of the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n            This is both a civil rights issue and a matter of basic compassion. Think about the patient in the next bed who values life <em>and knows that his neighbor is being killed by a doctor<\/em>. That would be both terrifying and morale destroying because of the cruel message communicated that his life \u2014 like that of the neighbor \u2014 is no longer deemed worth protecting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n            The ongoing assault on medical conscience in Canada demonstrates how the culture of death brooks no dissent. The same thing will happen here if we let the wolf in the door. Those with eyes to see, let them see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Review Wesley J. Smith Euthanasia is more than just legal in Canada. It has become a government-guaranteed right. But how to guarantee that the legally qualified who want to die are made dead? Unless the government establishes killing centers out of Soylent Green, it will have to coerce doctors to do the killing or &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9982\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Forcing a Hospice to Euthanize in Canada&#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":[77,32,4,162,9],"tags":[3919,561,3471,1012,3908],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-9982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-canada","category-commentary","category-euthanasia","category-news","tag-adrian-dix","tag-british-columbia","tag-delta-hospice-society","tag-hospices","tag-irene-thomas-hospice"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Forcing a Hospice to Euthanize in Canada - 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=9982\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Forcing a Hospice to Euthanize in Canada - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"National Review Wesley J. 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