‘No Justification’ for Medically Assisted Suicide for Babies, Says Conservative MP

‘No Justification’ for Medically Assisted Suicide for Babies, Says Conservative MP
Conservative MP Garnett Genuis watches a speaker present during a news conference in Ottawa, Canada, on Nov. 26, 2020. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
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A doctor from the Quebec College of Physicians recently suggested to a parliamentary committee that medical assistance in dying, or MAiD, could be made available for disabled babies or those suffering greatly shortly after birth—a premise with which Conservative MP Garnett Genuis disagrees.

“Disability is no justification for killing children. There is never a justification for killing children,” said Genuis in a video posted to YouTube on Nov. 12.