As Canada's Supreme Court has told doctors that families do have a say in critical medical decisions, an opponent of euthanasia warns that Americans will face similar battles under ObamaCare.
The case involves an Ontario man who became comatose after minor brain surgery. Doctors wanted to remove life support for Hassan Rasouli, but his physician wife disagreed and took the case through the court system.
Alex Schadenberg of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition tells OneNewsNow about the Canadian Supreme Court decision.
"Doctors were arguing before the Supreme Court of Canada that they had a unilateral right to withdraw life-sustaining treatment from patients; they do not need consent or request," Schadenberg reports. "The Supreme Court of Canada upheld that doctors must obtain consent before they withdraw life-sustaining treatment."
Doctors could have become the arbiters of life and death, but the Rasouli ruling says if there is a disagreement between physicians and family, cases can be taken to a Consent and Capacity Board.
"The courts have respected the values of all Canadians," the Coalition spokesman notes. "And in the United States, you should be concerned, because certain measures within Obamacare actually would lead to similar decisions that the Rasouli case ... dealt with."
The ObamaCare death panels could determine what, if any, treatment is provided or if treatment is denied.
Contact: Charlie Butts, OneNewsNow.com
