Euthanasia Deception documentary issues warning about assisted dying through personal stories

Alex Schadenberg
Executive Director - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition

CBC News Winnipeg reporter, Marianne Klowak published an interview with Kevin Dunn the co-producer of the Euthanasia Deception documentary. 

Dunn is in Winnipeg to attend two screenings of the Euthanasia Deception documentary.

Klowak reports in her CBC News interview:

Kevin Dunn went to Belgium, where assisted dying has been legal for 15 years. He wants Canadians to understand the full ramifications of what is means to say 'yes' to assisted dying. 

Although the numbers here may show the majority of people want this, I don't honestly believe they understand the full ramifications of what they are agreeing to. The most disturbing take away for me from travelling to Belgium is that people are asking for euthanasia and assisted dying and getting it at the first diagnosis of cancer or a malignant disease, 

In the documentary, medical and legal experts say there were tough stringent rules when Belgium first introduced the law but years later, they say more people are asking for assisted death and obtaining it for non-terminal illnesses. 

Dunn interviewed a university professor who said his mother was depressed, not terminally ill and was granted an assisted death without his knowledge. 

A father, Dunn also interviewed, said he was asked by a stranger on the street why he didn't opt for assisted death for his severely disabled daughter. Dunn pointed out people under the age of 18 can apply for assisted death in Belgium with the consent of their parents.

Kevin Dunn

Marianne Klowak writes that Dunn is convinced that people have not received both sides of the assisted dying issue:

Dunn says while the media has done an adequate job in documenting stories about people who opt to end their life, he says more homework has to be done on what is happening in other countries that have legalized assisted dying. 

Because we have to learn by history, other countries who have gone this path, and what happens to the survivors who are left behind after these decisions are made? Family members who are suffering because they didn't know about the decision. While one person's pain has ended, it has been transplanted to another generation,

Marianne Klowak reports that Kevin Dunn has been inundated with interviews concerning the documentary:

Dunn, a former Winnipegger, who now lives in Ontario, has been showing his film The Euthanasia Deception around the world and has had more than 200 requests for interviews. 

Dunn says since the documentary has been released, inquiries have been coming in from New Zealand, Australia Belgium ,Canada and the USA. Movie theaters, including one in Toronto, have requested screenings.

Almost 750 copies of the Euthanasia Deception documentary have been sold. 

Purchase the Euthanasia Deception documentary for: $30 for 1 DVD, $100 for 4 DVD's or $200 for 10 DVD's (purchase information). You can order the documentary by contacting the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition at: 1-877-439-3348 or email: info@epcc.ca or by downloading it at: www.vulnerablefilm.com (download link).