A Blessing NOT a Burden: Persons with Disabilities and Euthanasia
A presentation by Deacon Larry Worthen at two locations: St. Thomas Aquinas Hall, 6350 Cornwall St., Halifax on Monday, February 24, at 700 pm and St. Clements Church, 16 Gaston Rd., Dartmouth on Monday, March 2 700 pm.
The federal government will be tabling legislation in February in parliament to expand access to euthanasia for people with disabilities including mental health concerns Disability organizations are very concerned that disabled people will choose euthanasia because of lack of adequate health and social services supports We should be offering the disabled love and support, not euthanasia.
Deacon Larry Worthen has worked with the homeless, people with mental health concerns, the physically disabled, the elderly, and people at end of life. He is currently Executive Director of the Christian Medical and Dental Association of Canada.
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