Prohibition against physician-assisted suicide struck down

Prohibition against physician-assisted suicide struck down

John Peyton and his wife, Patricia, are surrounded by family members at their home in Seattle in July 2008. John, like Gloria Taylor, the subject of the Supreme Court's case, has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, CNS photo / Mike Penney.

In a unanimous decision in Lee Carter et al. Feb. 6, the Supreme Court of Canada struck down the criminal code provisions against physician assisted suicide (PAS). For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.

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