Langley residents speak up about assisted suicide

MPs Mark Warawa and John Aldag host public consultation that draws large crowd on short notice

Shelley Wepruk explains her concern about assisted suicide to two MPs and about 150 people at a public consultation. Her uncle died in 2013 after his wife and daughter refused to allow him to be fed through a tube. Agnieszka Krawczynski / The B.C. Catholic.

A Langley resident gently held an arm around his elderly wife as he shared his concern about legalizing assisted suicide. For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.


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