{"id":17040,"date":"2005-12-09T13:57:00","date_gmt":"2005-12-09T21:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=17040"},"modified":"2023-02-10T11:22:46","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T19:22:46","slug":"assisted-suicide-euthanasia-a-proposal-for-restructuring-the-criminal-code-of-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=17040","title":{"rendered":"Assisted Suicide &amp; Euthanasia: a Proposal for Restructuring the Criminal Code of Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eike-Henner Kluge<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"176\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/humanistperspectives.jpg\" alt=\"Humanist Perspectives\" class=\"wp-image-17079\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Humanist Perspectives<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Extract<\/strong><br>There are other flaws with Bill C-407, but this is not the place to present them in detail. However, there is one serious flaw that is appropriately considered in this forum, and that is the fact that the Bill is a partial measure at best. It deals only with assisted suicide, not euthanasia. It would not help those who, although competent, could not perform the final act themselves because they are disabled. . . .As well, the Bill ignores those who have never been competent and never will be. Their rights would still be less than those of other persons: they would be condemned to suffer when a competent person would not. An appropriately crafted suicide and euthanasia Bill would change that situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Kluge E-H. Assisted Suicide &amp; Euthanasia: a Proposal for Restructuring the Criminal Code of Canada. Humanist Perspectives Online Supplement. 2005;38(4):1-5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eike-Henner Kluge ExtractThere are other flaws with Bill C-407, but this is not the place to present them in detail. However, there is one serious flaw that is appropriately considered in this forum, and that is the fact that the Bill is a partial measure at best. It deals only with assisted suicide, not euthanasia. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=17040\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Assisted Suicide &amp; Euthanasia: a Proposal for Restructuring the Criminal Code of Canada&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,554,14,2,559,659],"tags":[1892],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-17040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-ethics","category-euthanasia","category-journal-article","category-law","category-philosophy","tag-eike-henner-kluge"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>Assisted Suicide &amp; Euthanasia: a Proposal for Restructuring the Criminal Code of Canada - Protection of Conscience Project Library<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The bill would legalize assisted suicide but not euthanasia. 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