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Legalizing Physician-Assisted Death: Can Safeguards Protect the Interests of Vulnerable Persons?
Prepared for the Council of Canadians with Disabilities by Orville R. Endicott, under the sponsorship of the Canadian Bar Association A Law for the Future Fund®
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Jim Derksen views inaccessible York Street Steps in Ottawa. CCD intervened in the Brown Case, which challenged an inadequate accommodation developed for the Steps.
The Latimer Case
The Latimer case directly concerned the rights of persons with disabilities. Mr. Latimer's view was that a parent has the right to kill a child with a disability if that parent decides the child's quality of life no longer warrants its continuation. CCD explained to the court and to the public how that view threatens the lives of people with disabilities and is deeply offensive to fundamental constitutional values. Learn more.