Canada court says suicide laws unconstitutional
Photo credit: AP Photo/Jonathan Hayward | Joseph Arvay, lawyer for the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, makes his way past pro-life demonstrators outside the British Columbia Supreme Court in Vancouver, British Columbia. (June 15, 2012)
A British Columbia judge ruled Friday that Canadian laws banning doctor-assisted suicide are unconstitutional because they discriminate against severely ill patients.
B.C. Supreme Court Justice Lynn Smith declared the laws invalid, but also suspended her ruling for one year to give Canada's federal Parliament time to draft legislation with her ruling in mind.
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