Dr Michel Bureau, Quebec s euthanasia chief, described confusion over the law and said several patients were being approved each month that should not have been allowed.
Colette Julien, like thousands of sick Canadian compatriots each year who seek an end to their suffering and dignity in death, requested medical assistance in dying a regime that Quebec province this month moved to expand so as to cover more ailments. By the end of the year, approximately eight percent of all deaths in the province will have been the result of doctors' help, according to government projections.
Quebec s euthanasia rate is far higher than Canada s other provinces and even such countries as Belgium and the Netherlands, which have much older euthanasia laws.
The turmoil within the literary society, which is now a Catholic lay apostolate dedicated to Chesterton's cause for canonization, is a microcosm of how the U.S. church is being buffeted by strong ideological headwinds.