Canadian doctor suggested disabled babies could be EUTHANIZED under country's controversial assisted suicide laws
Quebec College of Physicians member Louis Roy has been condemned by a lobbying group after a comment he made during a 2022 parliamentary committee resurfaced. Roy previously said that under current Canadian law, assisted suicide could be considered for infants up to one year old with severe ailments.
Quebec College of Physicians member Louis Roy has been condemned by a lobbying group after a comment he made during a 2022 parliamentary committee resurfaced.
Roy previously said that under current Canadian law, assisted suicide could be considered for infants up to one year old with severe ailments.
Brandan Tran, Director of Public Affairs and Outreach for political lobby group Campaign Life Coalition, has condemned this comment.
'These are not concerns from the fringes, but statements from a member of a provincial medical college, recommendations before parliament, and the reality of MAiD right now in Canada,' he said.
'A member of the Quebec College of Physicians formally stated that MAiD "may be an appropriate treatment for babies" from birth to one year of age with severe deformities.'
Roy suggested in 2022 that assisted suicide 'may be appropriate for babies suffering from extreme pain,' and that parents 'should have the opportunity to obtain this care for their infant.'
He was quoting a December 2021 Quebec College of Physicians statement which supported considering newborn euthanasia in cases involving 'unrelievable extreme suffering'. …
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