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Life News reports:

A new research article published by the Journal of Ethics in Mental Health (JEMH) examines the question – Does legalizing assisted suicide reduce other suicide deaths? David Albert Jones, the Director, Anscombe Bioethics Centre tackles this issues by analyzing the suicide rates and other factors in nations that have legalized euthanasia and assisted suicide as compared to nations where it is prohibited.

Jones’ research is significant as the assisted death lobby has continually argued that legalizing assisted death prevents other suicides. This argument was accepted by the Supreme Court of Canada in its Carter decision which led to the legalization of euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada, now referred to as MAiD.

In other words, the Carter decision in Canada found that prohibiting assisted death directly affected the right to life because some people will die earlier by suicide, if assisted death is not an option.

Jones’ study reveals:

This paradoxical hypothesis played a key role in the Carter v Canada decision of 2015. It was argued that the right to life was engaged because lives were endangered by the prohibition of “physician-assisted dying” (which in this context referred to euthanasia and/or assisted suicide): [57] The trial judge found that the prohibition on physician-assisted dying had the effect of forcing some individuals to take their own lives prematurely, for fear that they would be incapable of doing so when they reached the point where suffering was intolerable. On that basis, she found that the right to life was engaged. [58] We see no basis for interfering with the trial judge’s conclusion on this point. The evidence of premature death was not challenged before this Court. It is therefore established that the prohibition deprives some individuals of life. (Carter v. Canada [Attorney General], 2015)

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charles A wilkins
charles A wilkins
2 years ago

Now, there is an occupation the biden’s might be good at. “I got your back joe” his message to those oppressed, unless of course your Alfganstan, Ukraine, Cuba, Venzuela, Texas, Arizona, Israel, American pipe fitters, the Energy Industry, the American people. our US Military, and anybody else effected by the two million illegals, who invaded our Country. “Illegals are not tax payor”, but tax dollar spenders, as biden is, 30 TRILLION IN DEBT AND STILL GROWING, WHY HAVE IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS NOT STARTED? TAX AND SPEND, WHY HAVE WE NO LEADERSHIP THAT HAS PASSED AN MENTAL FITNESS TEST TO SERVE? We have an zero representation from our presidential office, Russia would have an easier time invading ur souther borders then Ukraine’s border. WHEN ARE IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS GOING TO START? Biden and his misfits have the world stage totally fxxx up now, and he is doing even a worse job for our Country. Inflation, shortages. high fuel cost, no attempt to resove any of these issues, Impeach them out ,vote them out, krrp them out.