Showing posts with label Quebecois contre l'euthanasie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Quebecois contre l'euthanasie. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Doctors oppose euthanasia and assisted suicide.

I received the following letter today from Isabelle O'Connor from Gatineau Quebec. The letter was written in French and was google translated.


The World Medical Association has reiterated, its opposition to euthanasia and assisted suicide by declaring:
Euthanasia, that is to say, to end the life of a patient by a deliberate act, even his request or that of his relatives, is unethical. 
This does not prevent the physician from respecting the will of the patient to allow the natural process of death to follow its course in the terminal phase of the disease. 
Physician-assisted suicide is unethical and must be condemned by the medical profession. 
However, the rejection of medical treatment is a fundamental right of the patient and the doctor is not contrary to the ethics even if compliance with this desire leads to death of the patient. 
The American Medical Association declared:
Euthanasia is fundamentally incompatible with the physician's role as healer, euthanasia would be difficult or impossible to control, and would pose serious societal risks. 
The Canadian Medical Association has declared the same thing on their website. 

When Minister Hivon, in Quebec, says that doctors who oppose euthanasia are "a insignificant minority", her words do not conform to reality.

Isabelle O'Connor
Gatineau

Link to:
Most Canadian doctors oppose euthanasia.
* Quebec doctors group opposes euthanasia bill.

Monday, May 20, 2013

1700 March in Quebec City against euthanasia

The following article was edited from its original version that was published by LifeSiteNews on May 20, 2013.

By Georges Buscemi


Nearly 2000 people converged on the Quebec Capital on a brilliant spring Saturday afternoon to March against a government plan to legalise euthanasia in the province. Called the “Springtime March”, the event attracted euthanasia opponents from all corners of the province to protest the Parti québécois government’s proposal to allow “medical aid in dying” –the direct and intentional killing of a patient—under certain conditions. Junior minister Veronique Hivon indicated at the beginning of the year that she would table a bill legalizing the deadly practise before the province’s parliament adjourned for the summer.

The March participants assembled on the historic Plains of Abraham, where they heard speeches delivered by a vast array of Quebec euthanasia opponents including Amy Hasbrouck of Not Dead Yet, an organisation defending the rights of disabled people, and Dr. Patrick Vinay, former dean of medicine at the University of Montreal and palliative care expert. Also present were Dr. Catherine Ferrier representing Physicians Alliance for Total Refusal of Euthanasia, Linda Couture of the Living with Dignity Network and Louis-André Richard, a philosophy professor, bioethics expert and spokesperson for the Quebec Rally against Euthanasia.


Hugh Scher
The Marchers then processed through Quebec City via the Grande Allée chanting slogans such as “killing is not care” and arrived before the Quebec National Assembly where speakers once again rallied the crowd. The crowd seemed especially appreciative of a speech by Hugh Scher of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, who affirmed that “dangerous lessons” ought to be learned from the legalisation of euthanasia in Holland and Belgium and that “each of us is at risk” when life becomes devalued.

Organised by the Quebec Rally Against Euthanasia – an ad hoc group headed by Dr. Claude Morin, an emergency-room doctor in Quebec City – the March was firmly backed by the province’s Catholic bishops.

At the close of the event Dr. Claude Morin stated that he hoped that the day’s message would make it to the ears of the PQ government, but that in the event that the bill would nonetheless be tabled, he invited the assembled crowd to return for a second protest.

Friday, May 17, 2013

First large-scale mobilisation against euthanasia in Quebec

The Springtime March against euthanasia - Saturday, May 18.


The Quebec Rally Against Euthanasia (QRAE) has revealed the details of what is turning out to be the largest mobilization against euthanasia since the Quebec government announced that it was planning to table legislation on « medical aid in dying ». Doctors, lawyers, handicapped persons, citizens from all corners of Quebec will take part in the family-friendly atmosphere of the Springtime March this Saturday May 18, in the provincial capital.

Toujours Vivant-Not Dead Yet highlights link between euthanasia and discrimination



Toujours Vivant - Not Dead Yet will join Québécers who oppose euthanasia on Saturday, May 18, 2013 at noon on the Plains of Abraham.
TVNDY is a progressive, non-religious project to unite and give voice to the disability opposition to euthanasia, assisted suicide, and other discriminatory end-of-life practices.
According to Hasbrouck, Toujours Vivant-Not Dead Yet will highlight several points
  • People with disabilities are the population most directly affected by assisted suicide and euthanasia.
  • Disability discrimination is a major factor behind the push for such laws, and the causes of suicidal feelings among people with disabilities.
  • Such laws create a double standard, where non-disabled people who express suicidal feelings are given services to prevent a suicide, while people with disabilities with similar feelings are allowed, even helped to kill themselves.
  • Financial and social pressures, including abuse, can drive elders and people with disabilities to suicide.
  • Québecers have rejected capital punishment because of the possibility that even one person might be wrongfully convicted and killed.
  • Lack of access to palliative care and home-based personal care services controlled by the individual can drive people toward suicide. People with disabilities should not be sacrificed to poor policy choices.
  • People already have the right to refuse treatment, make advance directives and appoint a substitute decision maker.
  • Until people with disabilities enjoy full safety and equality in all facets of community life, no amount of safeguards can prevent misapplication of euthanasia and assisted suicide.
The event is co-sponsored by Vivre dans la dignité, the Rassemblement Québecois contre l'euthanasie, Toujours Vivant-Not Dead Yet and the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition.
SOURCE: Toujours Vivant - Not Dead Yet
For further information: Amy E. Hasbrouck (450-921-3057)



MONTRÉAL, le 16 mai 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - 
Toujours Vivant - Not Dead Yet se joindra avec des Québécois qui s'opposent à l'euthanasie le samedi, 18 mai 2013 à midi sur les plaines d'Abraham pour dire «l'euthanasie, non merci!»
TVNDY est un organisme progressiste et non religieux des personnes ayant des incapacités qui s'opposent à l'euthanasie, au suicide assisté, et aux autres pratiques discriminatoires de la fin de vie.
Amy Hasbrouck, la directrice générale, dit que TVNDY va souligner plusieurs points.
  • Les personnes handicapées sont la population le plus touchée par le suicide assisté et l'euthanasie.
  • La discrimination contre les personnes handicapées est un élément important derrière la pression en faveur des telles lois, et contribue aux sentiments suicidaires parmi des personnes avec des incapacités.
  • De telles lois font deux poids deux mesures où des personnes non handicapées qui sont suicidaires reçoivent des services pour prévenir un suicide, pendant que des personnes avec déficiences qui expriment des sentiments suicidaires sont permises, même aidé, à se tuer.
  • La pression sociale et financière, y compris l'abus, peut mener des ainés et des personnes avec déficiences au suicide.
  • Les Québécois ont rejeté la peine de mort, de peur qu'une personne puisse être condamnée à tort et exécutée.
  • Le manque d'accès aux soins palliatifs et des préposées embauchées par l'individu peut conduit une personne ver le suicide.  Des personnes avec déficiences ne devraient pas être sacrifiées aux mauvais choix politiques.
  • Tout le monde à déjà le choix de refuser du traitement, faire une directive médicale préalable, et de désigner un proche pour prendre des décisions de soins de santé en cas d'incompétence.
  • En attendant que des personnes ayant des incapacités jouissent, une égalité et sécurité complète, dans tous les aspects de la vie communautaire, aucune balise ne peut prévenir une mauvaise application de l'euthanasie.

L'événement est parrainé par Vivre dans la dignité, le Rassemblement québécois contre l'euthanasie, Toujours Vivant-Not Dead Yet, et Euthanasia Prevention Coalition.
SOURCE: Toujours Vivant - Not Dead Yet
Renseignements: Amy Hasbrouck - 450-921-3057, Christian Debray - 450-370-8195

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Large-scale mobilisation against euthanasia in Quebec - May 18 Quebec City.

Press Release

Large-scale mobilisation against euthanasia May 18 in Quebec City

Springtime March website

QUEBEC CITY, April 4, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - This morning, the Rassemblement québécois contre l'euthanasie (The Quebec Rally Against Euthanasia—RQCE) has announced a large-scale citizens' mobilisation against euthanasia during simultaneous press conferences held in Quebec City and Montreal (outside of the Quebec National Assembly and at the Hospitalières museum of Hôtel-Dieu hospital of Montreal). Next May 18th, Quebecers are invited to the "Springtime March", a large-scale family event organized to denounce the Quebec government's desire to open the door to euthanasia by way of a law which they will shortly be tabling in parliament under the moniker "medical aid in dying."
Dr. Claude Morin

During the press conference held in Quebec City, Dr. Claude Morin, principal organiser of the March and emergency-room doctor, Dr. Marc Bergeron, a hematologist-oncologist and Mr. Louis André Richard, professor of philosophy, have presented what they called a "citizens' initiative open to every person who is conscious of the dangers that euthanasia presents for Quebec society." Under the theme "Euthanasia, in our province? No thanks!", the gathering will begin at 12 noon on Saturday, May 18 on the Plains of Abraham, outside of the Musée national des Beaux-Arts (National Fine-Arts Museum). The March will then get going at 1:45 PM towards parliament via the Grande-Allée street. Speeches will be delivered throughout the day, which will end around 4:30 PM. The spokespeople of the RQCE are extending a hand to all members of civil society, and most particularly politicians, so that "all can be put in place so that the security, the dignity and the comfort of all suffering people at the end of life can be assured by universally accessible and high-quality palliative care." They reminded the gathered press that "Euthanasia kills the patient rather than the pain. We don't want it!"

At the Montreal press conference, Dr. Patrick Vinay, unit chief of a palliative care team and interim president of Living with Dignity and Dr. Catherine Ferrier, member of the Physicians' Alliance for Total Refusal of Euthanasia wished to offer the organisers of the Springtime March the support of their respective organisations. Dr. Vinay stated that "Killing is not medical care, it's the sudden end of all medical care. We must instead provide care for, relieve, help and appease all suffering." "Let us come out in large numbers this May 18th to clearly show our elected representatives that there exists no real Quebec consensus on the topic of 'medical aid in dying'" he added along with Dr. Ferrier.

To obtain further information on The Springtime March, consult the website:  www.euthanasianothanks.org or follow the RQCE online (Twitter, Facebook and YouTube).

The Rassemblement québecois contre l'euthanasie (The Quebec Rally against Euthanasia) is a non-profit organisation whose mission is to counter any attempt to introduce (whether overtly or otherwise) euthanasia and assisted-suicide in the Quebec health care system. Sensitive to end-of-life issues, the RQCE advocates for the establishment in Quebec of a quality palliative care network.

Numerous spokespeople are available for an interview. Video recordings of this morning's press conference will be made available at this location: www.youtube.com/lamarcheprintaniere.

SOURCE: Rassemblement Québécois contre l'euthanasie


For further information:
Communications : 
Marie-Josée Lavoie
418 953-4981
euthanasienonmerci@gmail.com