Tag: MAiD (euthanasia) in Canada

Syringe with anaesthetic drug - Propofol, ready for infusion.

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Wesley J. Smith
Date
July 5, 2026

Categorized
Ethics, Medicine and Health, Religion

Tagged
Anglican Church of Canada, Didache, Euthanasia, MAiD (euthanasia) in Canada, Pastoral liturgies for euthanasia}

Anglican Church of Canada: Pastoral Liturgies Blessing Euthanasia

_{This will be of no consequence to those who are not believers. But for Christians throughout history, blessing euthanasia would be a most profound scandal} _{Wesley J. Smith
July 5, 2026

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Ethics, Medicine and Health, Religion}

The earliest Christian ethical writing dating from about 100 — the Didache — explicitly condemns “murder” as profoundly sinful.

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Wesley J. Smith
Date
October 4, 2025

Categorized
Ethics, Medicine and Health

Tagged
Euthanasia (advance directives), MAiD (euthanasia) in Canada, Palliative care, Ramona Coelho}

Canadian Dementia Patient Euthanized at Family’s Request

_{My mother died of Alzheimer’s. I could have easily maneuvered her into a situation where she would have seemed to have consented to assisted suicide} _{Wesley J. Smith
October 4, 2025

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Ethics, Medicine and Health}

Euthanasia becomes the easier path once we objectify the lives of patients and demote them from full equality into a killable caste.

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Wesley J. Smith
Date
July 11, 2024

Categorized
Ethics, Medicine and Health

Tagged
Hemlock Society, MAiD (euthanasia) in Canada}

Canadian Death Doctor Has Euthanized Hundreds of Patients

_{Ellen Wiebe kills the sick, the disabled, the elderly, and unwanted fetuses} _{Wesley J. Smith
July 11, 2024

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To her credit, reporter Sharon Kirkey at least provides a brief counterpoint to the pro-euthanasia narrative, something often entirely missing in many media.