Editor:
The term “Sanctity of life” is often referenced in various guises from a variety of sources and holds one indisputable truth that humanity is more sacred than the rest of Creation.
In religion and ethics, the inviolability of life, or sanctity of life, is a principle of implied protection regarding aspects of sentient life that are said to be holy, sacred, or otherwise such value that they are not to be violated.
With respect to MAiD, and MAD declaration gives voice to concerns of more than 800 Canadian physicians regarding Bill C-7. As quoted in the Vancouver Sun newspaper of Friday, Feb. 5, at page A13, “We would be wise to heed the warning of those who witness daily the pressures faced by people struggling to live without the resources required for dignified living.”
Continuing, “If we as a society do not invest in and advocate for life-affirming health care services and social supports to provide dignified living to all, we may one day come calling for help and find the only accessible option offered is death.”
Those quotes are the words of Dylan McGunity,Jr, a lawyer who practices in Ottawa, and Sephora Tang, a psychiatrist in Ottawa.
In light of the hubbub surrounding the Delta Hospice Society and the Irene Thomas Hospice facility, the above quotes are germane and ought to be well considered by those in Delta, including Mayor Harvie, the Fraser Health Authority, and the provincial minister of health, and those who cannot or will not separate truth from consequences.
Bob Orrick