Canada lifts ban on aided suicide - Philly.com

Rachel Feltman, Washington Post

Posted: Sunday, February 8, 2015, 1:09 AM

The Canadian Supreme Court unanimously overturned a 1993 ban on doctor-assisted suicide on the grounds that it impinged on citizen's rights. But just how much Friday's ruling will affect individuals hoping to die in Canada remains to be determined.

No one can stop an able-bodied person from ending his or her life, the case argued, so preventing a terminally ill patient from receiving the help needed to do so should be considered a discriminatory act.

The ruling states that Canadian provinces can no longer "prohibit physician-assisted death" in consenting patients with incurable (if not terminal) diseases that cause "enduring and intolerable suffering." This actually leaves a lot of room for interpretation, and the court has given the government one year to hammer out the details before the ban is lifted.

A big question: Will Canada choose to allow assisted suicide, euthanasia, or both? And will it allow nonresidents to take advantage of whichever is offered?

Euthanasia allows a doctor to administer lethal drugs to patients (or deprive them of necessary ones) to quicken death.

Physician-assisted suicide has seen wider legalization, probably because it seems less likely to be misused. Laws that allow this option state that patients have to take the lethal medication themselves.

In the United States, getting a prescription for drugs intended for suicide takes a lot of jumping through hoops. But it's patients - not the doctor - who make the final decision, often in their own home on their own schedule.

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