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UN Committee on Disabilities Blasts ‘Ableist Assumptions’ Behind Canada’s Assisted Suicide

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Committee released its Concluding Observations on Canada’s Disability Rights Record report on March 21, signaling its concern about a change to the nation’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) law. It specifically took issue with 2021 amendments that expanded the criteria for obtaining MAiD.

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Embryo Adoption Debate, part 1: Is Rescuing Frozen Children an Act of Mercy- Or a Moral Violation?

LifeSiteNews is pleased to present in one article two opposed arguments on the subject of embryo adoption. The first argument is by Professor John Paul Meenan, an assistant professor of theology at Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College and the editor of Canada’s Catholic Insight magazine. The second is by Dr. Elizabeth Rex, formerly an adjunct professor of Catholic bioethics and the Assistant Director of the Saint John Paul II Bioethics Center at Holy Apostles College and Seminary.

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