From Rodriguez to Carter to MAID - Ep. 10

​​How Canada moved from affirming the sanctity of human life in and before Rodriguez, to providing "narrow" exceptions in Carter, to MAID whose expansion continues to be fed by arguments for autonomy.Bruce’s Articles:Liberalism and surrogacy, Faith Today (August 15, 2018) https://www.faithtoday.ca/Magazines/2018-Jul-Aug/Liberalism-and-surrogacyHow common beliefs fuel assisted death, Faith Today (January 31, 2019) https://www.faithtoday.ca/Magazines/2019-Jan-Feb/How-common-beliefs-fuel-assisted-deathA matter for equal protection, Faith Today (March 17, 2020) https://www.faithtoday.ca/Magazines/2020-Mar-Apr/A-Matter-for-Equal-ProtectionConscience in an age of choice, Faith Today (September 8, 2020) https://www.faithtoday.ca/Magazines/2020-Sep-Oct/Conscience-in-an-age-of-choiceJoining conscience with respect, Faith Today (November 16, 2020) https://www.faithtoday.ca/Magazines/2020-Nov-Dec/Joining-Conscience-with-RespectServanthood in a narcissistic age, Faith Today (April 27, 2022) https://www.faithtoday.ca/Magazines/2022-May-Jun/Servanthood-in-a-narcissistic-ageThe priority for health care, Faith Today (August 25, 2022) https://www.faithtoday.ca/Magazines/2022-Sept-Oct/The-priority-for-health-careBooks and Authors Mentioned by Bruce:Bejan, Teresa M. Mere Civility: Disagreement and the Limits of Toleration. First Harvard University Press paperback edition. Cambridge, Massachusetts: London, England, 2019.Dworkin, Ronald. Life’s Dominion: An Argument About Abortion, Euthanasia, and Individual Freedom. 1. Vintage Books ed. New York: Vintage Books, 1994.Ellul, Jacques. The New Demons. New York: Seabury Press, 1975.Grant, George Parkin. English-Speaking Justice. Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 1998.Lasch, Christopher. The Revolt of the Elites: And the Betrayal of Democracy. 1st ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 1995.Rawls, John. Political Liberalism. Expanded ed. Columbia Classics in Philosophy. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005.Sandel, Michael J. Liberalism and the Limits of Justice. 2nd ed. Cambridge, UK ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998.Relevant resources from EFC:Euthanasia and palliative care:Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide, https://www.evangelicalfellowship.ca/euthanasiaMAID Expansion Action Kit, https://www.evangelicalfellowship.ca/Resources/Documents/Euthanasia-MAID-Expansion-Action-Kit-2021Palliative Care, https://www.evangelicalfellowship.ca/palliativecare.Palliative Care Toolkit, https://www.evangelicalfellowship.ca/Resources/Documents/Palliative-Care-Toolkit.Intervention on court cases:Carter case, https://www.evangelicalfellowship.ca/CarterLatimer, https://www.evangelicalfellowship.ca/Resources/Court-cases/2001/Latimer-v-The-Queen-2001Rodriguez, https://www.evangelicalfellowship.ca/Resources/Court-cases/1993/Rodriguez-v-British-Columbia-(AG)-1993Past bills:Bill C-7, https://www.evangelicalfellowship.ca/Resources/Government/2020/Bill-C-7-to-expand-Medical-Assistance-in-DyingCases and LegislationCases and Legislation:Suicide decriminalized in 1972Rodriguez v. British Columbia (1993) https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/1054/1/document.doR. v Latimer (2001) https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/1836/1/document.doBill C-407 (2005) Senator Francine Lalonde https://www.parl.ca/Content/Bills/381/Private/C-407/c-407_1/c-407_1.pdfDied when the 2006 election was called.Bill C-384 (2009) Senator Francine Lalonde https://www.parl.ca/Content/Bills/403/Private/C-384/C-384_1/C-384_1.PDF:Defeated on second reading 59 to 226Carter v. Canada (2015) https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/14637/1/document.doMAID legislation:C-14 (June 17, 2016) https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/42-1/bill/C-14/royal-assent:https://files.evangelicalfellowship.ca/si/Euthanasia/EFC_Euthanasia_overview_postmortem.pdfC-7 (March 17, 2021) https://parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/43-2/bill/C-7/royal-assent