Medically Assisted Dying in Canada: from where we’ve come; to where we’re heading

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In June of 2016 the Canadian Parliament passed legislation (Bill-14) legalizing MAiD: medical assistance in dying. Subject to various restrictions, both mercy killing and medically assisted suicide are now legal in Canada.

The contours of the Canadian euthanasia debate will be described, with special focus on the ethical issues that remain most controversial.

Two salient Canadian Supreme Court decisions will be analysed: Rodriguez (1993) and Carter (2015), as well as more recent constitutional challenges.

The presentation will conclude by outlining the further legal changes that are likely to (or that should) occur in the reasonably near future.

Date: 7 May 2020, 16:00 (Thursday, 2nd week, Trinity 2020)
Venue: ZOOM Webinar: register here https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Z1wEPMJHT36-omb9-HEC4Q
Speaker: Professor Arthur Schafer (University of Manitoba)
Organising department: Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics
Organiser: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: rachel.gaminiratne@philosophy.ox.ac.uk
Host: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)
Part of: New St Cross Special Ethics Seminar Series
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Cost: free
Audience: Public
This talk features in the following public collections:
- Talks of Interest to Medical Sciences
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Editor: Rachel Gaminiratne