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Supreme Court lifts ban
on doctor-assisted suicide

Isabelle Legault
Production Coordinator

O: Friday, February 6, the Supreme Court
of Canada unanimously voted towards
the eradication of the ban on doctor-assisted
suicides, reversing a 21-year-old ruling.

In this historical shift, persons suffering from
illness, disease, and/or disability resulting

in irremediable physical or psychological
pain can now legally be given assistance

by a physician in committing suicide.

The Court justified this ruling as a step
toward “protecting the vulnerable”, asserting
that the original ban deprived patients of the
right to life, liberty, and security under the
Charter. According to the Supreme Court,
physician-assisted suicides are limited to
helping “a competent adult person who
clearly consents to the termination of life
and has a grievous and irremediable medical
condition, including an illness, disease or
disability, that causes enduring suffering
that is intolerable to the individual in the
circumstances of his or her condition.”

While this ruling opens up the limits on
physician-assisted suicide, the general

illegality of aided and abetted suicide is
still in effect. However, guidelines are
being called for following this decision.

The Supreme Court has suspended Friday’s
ruling for 12 months in the hope that federal
and provincial government might instill
structured legislative guidelines on the rules
and process of physician-assisted suicide.
Beyond listing the criteria for eligibility

in patients, the Court did not impose

any further regulations on this issue.

The Conservative government, having
previously declared themselves opposed
to re-opening the subject of doctor-
assisted suicide, are seeking to buy time.
Friday’s decision is set to change the
political focus of this year’s Parliament,
and, possibly, upcoming elections.

Although the 9-0 vote is a landmark in
Canadian history, the discussion is far from
over. With the general growth in population
and number of elderly expected to increase
further in years to come, Parliament will
have to address the needs and desires of the
many individuals who may come to qualify
for physician-assisted suicide under this
ruling from the Supreme Court of Canada.