Euthanasia opponents and disability rights activists are uneasy about a process to liberalize Canada’s euthanasia law — a law which they say still lacks regulations and proper safeguards.
Taylor Hyatt and Not Dead Yet’s executive director Amy Hasbrouck sent a nearly 30-page study of the guidelines to Health Canada last year.
They informed MPs about the research Hyatt has done on the draft guidelines for assisted suicide across Canada.
Among the criticisms is the “lack of demographic information on the people who are seeking death,” said Hyatt. “It’s the name, the address, basic things, but no information on what accessibility needs are going unmet in their lives.”
“There’s enough holes in these guidelines that you can drive a hearse through them,” said Alex Schadenberg, executive director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition.
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