Don't Speak Legalese? Here's What the Assisted Suicide Ruling Really Means
Ron Skolrood
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Posted 08.18.2012
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Canada Politics
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British Columbia Supreme Court Judge, Madam Justice Lynn Smith has released her reasons for judgment in the ground-breaking physician-assisted suicide case. In her view, a complete ban on physician-assisted suicide was a disproportionate response and a more appropriate response would be to maintain an almost-absolute prohibition but with a stringently limited and carefully monitored system of exceptions.
