DEATH DEBATE
Quebec adopts euthanasia bill
Quebec City – Quebec has adopted a right-to-die bill in what is the first legislation of its kind in Canada. The federal Canadian government, however ,has said it could challenge its legality.
The legislation stipulates that patients would have to repeatedly aหk a doctor to end their lives on the basis of unbearable physical or psychological suffering. They would have to be deemed mentally sound at the time of the requests
Assisted suicide and euthanasia are currently illegal under Canada’s Criminal Code. - AP