Tuesday, 13 January 2015

Supreme Court Assisted Suicide

Q13: Will the Supreme Court overturn the Canadian criminal code statute against assisted suicide?
Yes: 50%
No: 50%
(Definition note: A partial overturning of the law counts as a "yes")

The Supreme Court is currently deliberating the Carter case (see coverage here).  The plaintiffs in that case would like the court to overturn the current law against assisted suicide.  Based on media stories, it is not clear what the decision will be.  There was a previous (rather close) decision in 1993 which confirmed the current law.

I am very unsure how this case will be decided, so am going to give equal odds to both outcomes.

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