{"id":752,"date":"2014-05-22T13:20:37","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T17:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tvndy.ca\/?p=752"},"modified":"2018-11-26T13:50:46","modified_gmt":"2018-11-26T13:50:46","slug":"press-release-people-with-disabilities-worried-over-reintroduction-of-euthanasia-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvndy.ca\/en\/2014\/05\/press-release-people-with-disabilities-worried-over-reintroduction-of-euthanasia-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"PRESS RELEASE: PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WORRIED OVER REINTRODUCTION OF EUTHANASIA BILL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Download the press release in .docx format:\u00a0<a style=\"background-color: #fcfcfc;\" href=\"http:\/\/mccmhost.com\/tvndy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/PressRelReintPL52.docx\">PressRelReintPL52<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 22 May 2014<\/p>\n<p>Contact:\u00a0 Amy Hasbrouck \u2013 450-921-3057<\/p>\n<p>PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WORRIED OVER REINTRODUCTION OF EUTHANASIA BILL<\/p>\n<p>People with disabilities who oppose euthanasia are deeply troubled at the reintroduction of a bill by the Couillard government on \u201cmedical aid in dying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bill 52 received unanimous support when it was filed by motion in the National Assembly on May 22, since the Liberal leader Philippe Couillard forbade his MNAs from opposing its reintroduction.<\/p>\n<p>Bill 52 promised palliative care to Qu\u00e9becers and would have allowed euthanasia under the euphemism of \u201cMedical Aid in Dying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many activists with disabilities believe the new bill will be disastrous in combination with the budget cuts announced by the liberal government.<\/p>\n<p>Health services, palliative care and home care will be reduced by the cuts.\u00a0 More and more people with disabilities will find themselves sick, desperate and without any choice other than to die, according to Amy Hasbrouck, Director of Toujours Vivant-Not Dead Yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMedical Aid in Dying will divert resources from services necessary for people\u2019s lives, toward the bureaucracy needed to manage a euthanasia program,\u201d said Hasbrouck.\u00a0 \u201cIf the national assembly were to remove the sections allowing euthanasia from the bill, these resources could be directed toward the urgent need, palliative care to all Qu\u00e9becers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Toujours Vivant-Not Dead Yet is a project of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities to unify, inform and give voice to the disability opposition to assisted suicide, euthanasia and similar discriminatory ending-of-life practices.\u00a0 The CCD is an intervenor in the <em>Carter <\/em>case which is currently before the Supreme Court of Canada.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">-30-<\/p>\n   ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nDownload the press release in .docx format:\u00a0PressRelReintPL52 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 22 May 2014 Contact:\u00a0 Amy Hasbrouck \u2013 450-921-3057 PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WORRIED OVER REINTRODUCTION OF EUTHANASIA BILL People with disabilities who oppose euthanasia are deeply troubled at the reintroduction of&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a 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