Quebec MAID

• Catholic Church challenging Quebec MAID law in court on religious freedom grounds

  The lawsuit says the Catholic Church should be exempted from a section of the law requiring all palliative care homes in the province to offer medical assistance in dying.

  Canada

  Feb 6
  
• Fear of reprisal means some Quebec doctors are afraid to give MAID, college of physicians says

  The letter, signed by Quebec's college of physicians president Mauril Gaudreault, does not specify what kind of reprisals doctors fear or from whom.

  Health

  Aug 25, 2023
  
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• Quebecers no longer seeing doctor-assisted deaths as last resort: oversight body

  'Medical aid in dying is not there to replace natural death,' said the head of the independent body that monitors the practice of doctor-assisted deaths in the province.

  Canada

  Aug 15, 2023
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• Quebec tables legislation to allow advance requests for medical assistance in dying

  The primary change in the bill tabled Thursday, applies to people suffering from a "serious and incurable'' illness that could make them incapable of consenting to medical care.

  Health

  Feb 16, 2023
• Quebec reports steep rise in organ donations after medical aid in dying legalized

  Transplant Quebec says it received 854 organ donation referrals in 2022, which it said was a "record number.'' About 15 per cent of all donors in the past year had received MAID.

  Health

  Feb 8, 2023