Open Letter to the Honorable Senator, Chantal Peticlerc

Being a personal message from one disabled individual, to another, on the occasion of Senatorial consideration of Bill 7, modifying the eligibility criteria for access to voluntary euthanasia (medical aid in dying)

English version, last modified February 7, 2021

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     Please accept, Madame, in so far as that might be your wish, the expression of my most sincere admiration : for your person ; for your character ; and for your numerous accomplishments, both private and public.   Continue …

Contents :

• Greetings ; and overview      go to
• An earlier, more equitable, proposition from the disabled community go to
• Voluntary Euthanasia (MAID) : a hyper-medicalization in stark opposition to non-discriminatory theory go to
• What difference does it make ? go to
  • 1) Conceptual harm : the double nature of this unstable hybrid called “medical aid in dying” go to
  • 2) Practical harm : Institutional implementation, and transformation of the professional corps go to
  • 3) Harm suffered by those who would wish to live go to
• What we might do to improve these circumstances go to
• Conclusion go to