Euthanasia und assisted suicide in canada. An overview of the Judgment Carter v. Canada and therefore Bill C-14 presented by the Canadian Government

Abstract

In the sentence Carter v. Canada, the judges of the Supreme Court of Canada have come to recognize unanimously that the absolute prohibition of medical aid in dying (direct active euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide), applied to certain individuals and under certain conditions, may violate the essential content of the fundamental right to life, liberty and personal security recognized in the art. 7 Canadian Magna Carta. This article is intended to offer a panoramic view with regard to the judgment of the Supreme Court of Canada, on February 6, 2015, in Carter v subject. Canada, as well as a description of the proposed of law C-14 which, as a result of this sentence, presented it to the Canadian government in April of the following year. Intends, in short, take charge of the core elements that sustain a court ruling and a law that, if approved, will mark certainly a before and an after in the debate with regard to the availability of life itself in euthanasia contexts.