The battle over access to medically assisted death at the Delta Hospice Society is now in the courts after three former directors of the society filed a petition asking that a June 15 vote on a proposed faith-based constitution be cancelled or postponed. "Once this manipulation was competed, the Society has now given the bare minimum notice of an extraordinary meeting," reads the court documents. The Delta Hospice Society has not filed a response. The proposed constitution also expressly prohibits MAiD, short for medical assistance in dying, which it calls euthanasia. Last week Ireland issued an apology for comparing MAiD to the Holocaust in a speech she gave in the U.S.

Source: CBC News June 09, 2020 22:38 UTC