Petition to block infant euthanasia

AI summary

Petitioners say that Louis Roy of the Quebec College of Physicians recommended expanding euthanasia to babies from birth to one year with severe deformities; they describe that proposal as deeply disturbing and state that infanticide is always wrong. The petition calls on the Government of Canada to block any attempt to allow the killing of children. No government response was included in the supplied source.

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Official petition

Petition to the Government of Canada We, the undersigned citizens and residents of Canada, draw the attention of the House of Commons to the following: Whereas: Louis Roy of the Quebec College of Physicians recommended expanding euthanasia to "babies from birth to one year of age who come into the world with severe deformities and very serious syndromes"; This proposal for the legalized killing of infants is deeply disturbing to many Canadians; and Infanticide is always wrong. We, the undersigned citizens and residents of Canada, call on the Government of Canada to block any attempt to allow the killing of children.

Government response

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