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B.C. Supreme Court Hears Charter Challenge on MAID Access in Faith-Based Hospitals
Plaintiffs argue faith-based hospitals' MAID transfer policy caused suffering and denied dignified deaths; 122 transfers reported since 2023, defendants cite religious freedom rights.
- On Monday, a trial opens in British Columbia's Supreme Court challenging whether publicly funded faith-based hospitals can block MAID, with Dying With Dignity Canada and Sam O'Neill, plaintiff, involved.
- Under B.C.'s policy, faith-based organizations may opt out of providing MAID, and the plaintiffs' statement of claim says this caused Sam O'Neill's suffering and denies frail patients access.
- Data show transfers from faith-based facilities continue, including 49 moved to an 'adjacent space' since 2023 within Vancouver Coastal Health to obtain MAID.
- Four weeks are set aside for the hearing starting Monday, with more arguments in April, Daphne Gilbert said she expects an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada affecting over 100 publicly funded faith-based health-care institutions.
- Multiple interveners, including Canadian Civil Liberties Association and Canadian Physicians for Life, join the case, which centers on whether Section 2 of the Charter shields hospitals from conscience-based mandates.
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