Infant euthanasia proposed by the Quebec College of Physicians.

Alex Schadenberg
Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition

Article: Quebec College of Physicians slammed for justifying infant euthanasia (Link).

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A presentation by Dr Louis Roy for the Québec College of Physicians to The Special Joint Committee on MAiD on September 7 urged Canada's Federal government to adopt a protocol to permit infant euthanasia.

Dr Roy suggested that this should only be allowed in rare circumstances, such as a newborn who is unlikely to survive. 

Infant euthanasia opens the door to a new justification for killing since the baby lacks competence and is not autonomously capable of choosing to be killed. Infant euthanasia is a form of eugenics whereby protocols will determine which lives are worth living.

Euthanasia was sold to Canadians under the guise of competent adults freely choosing to have their lives ended based on terminal illness or unremittent suffering. Bill C-7, that was passed in March 2021, among other things, extended the reason for killing from terminal illness to chronic illness or disability.

If infant euthanasia is approved it may lead to the approval of euthanasia for people with dementia who never requested or indicated an interest in euthanasia since infant euthanasia creates the precedent that someone else, such as a power of attorney, can request that a person be killed.

The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition opposes all forms of euthanasia and assisted suicide, nonetheless, it is clear that expanding killing to babies negates the "safeguard" that only people who can capably request to die can be approved for death.

More articles on the topic:

• Netherlands euthanasia experts advocate for child euthanasia with or without consent (Link).
• New York Times article promotes infanticide (Link).
• Newsweek promotes infant euthanasia (Link).
• Euthanasia of newborns with disabilities and infanticide.
• Dutch paediatricians want to legalise euthanasia for children under 12.
• Euthanasia of babies with disabilities.
• The Groningen Protocol for euthanasia of disabled babies in the Netherlands.