Tag Archives: Human Rights

“But I Would Want to Know”: How Should We Think About Parental Rights?

November 3, 2023 · by · in children, Human Rights, Law & Policy, Mental Health, Paediatric, Privacy and Trust, Sexual Health, Uncategorized

Kirstin Borgerson discusses the nature and limits of parental rights.

Turning Human Rights Upside Down with Advance Requests for MAID

June 8, 2022 · by · in Canada, Canadian Bioethics, Clinical Ethics, Community, Death & Assisted Dying, Death and Dying, Human Rights, Law & Policy, MAiD, Mental Health, physician-assisted dying, vulnerability

Trudo Lemmens shows how proposals to expand advance requests for medical assistance in dying (MAID) ignore the Supreme Court’s restraint reflected in the Carter decision and reverse constitutional and human rights norms.