Quebec's bill to legalize medically assisted suicide has the support of all four parties in the province's national assembly. However, support for Bill 52 is far from unanimous, especially among doctors who would be expected to act on a patient's request for help in dying. The Physicians' Alliance for Total Refusal of Euthanasia condemned the bill, accusing the Marois government of caving in to "small but persistent" lobby groups and pushing Quebecers onto a dangerous path. "This is not a small opening," said Dr. Marc Beauchamp, the orthopedic surgeon who...
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