Why are euthanasia advocates so set on forcing compliance? The answer may go deeper than you think
Autonomy, choice, and tolerance are being used to justify euthanasia but these grand principles don't apply to opponents.
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Margaret Somerville
Somerville: Is Trudeau taking Canada toward ‘totalitarian utopianism’?
Members of Parliament should be allowed to vote according to their consciences on euthanasia.
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The walls close in on Canada’s abortion foes
I hope, no matter what their position on abortion, most Canadians will also feel appalled by Trudeau’s action.
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Why euthanasia slippery slopes can’t be prevented
Advocates of legalizing euthanasia reject “slippery slope” arguments as unfounded fear-mongering and claim that its use will always be restricted to rare cases of dying people with unrelievable, unbearable suffering.
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Fact-checking claims of “well regulated euthanasia”
Good ethics depend on good facts and we need to get our facts straight.
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Belgium, where death becomes the norm, living the exception
A documentary about ten years of legal euthanasia is a touchstone for radically different approaches to suffering.
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Amour: does old age have any honour left?
A harrowing film about a French couple’s struggle with dementia is a powerful but inadequate argument for legalized euthanasia.
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What is there to hide?
Canadian democracy is the loser after Ontario amended its freedom of information act to exempt abortion statistics.
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