Ian Mulgrew: Courts take on fundamental questions of life and death.

         

Vancouver Sun columnist Ian Mulgrew.

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ust as abortion and the moment a fetus became a person racked Canadians of an earlier generation, so the end of consciousness and assisted death are vexing this one.

 

With baby boomers facing infirmity and mortality and the medical community’s burgeoning abilities to sustain life, questions about the withdrawal of care and the right to die have come to the forefront.

The Supreme Court of Canada and B.C.’s top courts are wrestling with cases that raise these concerns, entangled in a thorny thicket of religious beliefs, fundamental rights and health-care policy.

 

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