Tag Archives: Supreme Court of Canada

Don’t remand pregnant people or primary caregivers

February 21, 2019 · by · in Criminal Justice, Indigenous Health, Law & Policy, Reproduction, vulnerability

Jaime Burnet and Martha Paynter advocate for ending the practice of pre-trial imprisonment of pregnant people, primary caregivers of young children, and primary caregivers of people with disabilities

Physician-assisted death needs expert reporting and monitoring

April 12, 2016 · by · in Canadian Bioethics, Death & Assisted Dying, Law & Policy

Juliet Guichon and Pauline Alakija argue that governments should require that physician-assisted deaths be reportable to (and by) coroners and medical examiners, so that scrupulous monitoring of physician-assisted death may occur.

Physician-Assisted Death in Canada February – June 2016

January 26, 2016 · by · in Canadian Bioethics, Community, Death & Assisted Dying, Law & Policy · Leave a comment

Jocelyn Downie explains the Supreme Court of Canada’s response to the federal government’s request for more time to develop a new law on physician-assisted death.

MIND THE GAP: Physician-Assisted Death in Quebec

October 20, 2015 · by · in Canadian Bioethics, Death & Assisted Dying, Law & Policy, Uncategorized · Leave a comment

Jocelyn Downie warns that Quebec’s legislation will leave some physician-assisted death legal but unregulated.

The Supreme Court of Canada Decision Allows for the Prescription and the Syringe

March 1, 2015 · by · in Death & Assisted Dying, Law & Policy · Leave a comment

Jocelyn Downie clarifies the Canadian Medical Association’s confusion regarding the Carter v. Canada decision.

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