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A 4 page overview of the legalities and ethics of euthanasia. Despite the growing trend towards lighter sentencing for those that assist in euthanasia, the practice is still illegal. The author of this paper argues that Canada's stressed health care system alone is a quantifiable justification for reversing that fact. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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leniency in regard to the sentencing of those that have helped loved ones end their lives when faced with irreversible suffering and misery due to illness might appear to reflect
a growing acceptance in Canada of the concepts of euthanasia and assisted suicide. One of the most recent cases is that of a sixty year old woman who aided
her only son, a thirty-six year old man who was suffering from multiple sclerosis, in ending his life by placing a plastic bag on his head and watching as he
took his last breath (Hanes, 2006). In a move that shocked many, she was sentenced to three years probation (Hanes, 2006). The judge in this case, however, issued a strong
warning that euthanasia and assisted suicide remain illegal in Canada and that his sentence was no indication that the court was:
"giving its approbation or closing its eyes to this type of behaviour...not determining a sentence to serve as a general model in other cases"
(Hanes, 2006, A1). Despite the Courts clear pronouncement in the case noted above that
assisted suicide remains illegal, several additional cases have either ended in acquittal or in what many consider light sentences when those assisting individuals in taking their lives were put to
trial (Ferguson, 2006). Two cases involving Evelyn Martens, an executive member of the Right to Die Network of Canada, are particularly noteworthy (Ferguson, 2006). Although Martens was charged
in these cases each time she was acquitted. Regardless of the court decisions regarding euthanasia, the philosophical debate as to its appropriateness will undoubtedly continue well into our future.
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