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{{Short description|Non-profit organization opposing euthanasia}}{{Primary sources|date=January 2014}}Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) is a non-profit organization that opposes euthanasia and assisted suicide in the world. It was founded by Alex Schadenberg, Dr. Barrie DeVeber and Jean Echlin in July 1998. Its headquarters are in London, Ontario, Canada.

Legal cases

Euthanasia Prevention Coalition intervened for the first time following the attempted euthanasia of a disabled child in Niagara Falls in 2001.WEB,weblink Thompson sentence no more than a 'scolding' - Interim, February 2000, Theinterim.com, 1999-11-30, 2014-02-21,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20061120105006weblink">weblink 2006-11-20, dead, EPC organized petitions against the following bills: Bill C-407 in 2005;WEB,weblink Private Member's Bill – C-407, First Reading (38-1), Parl.gc.ca, 2005-06-15, 2014-02-21, Bill C-562 in 2008;WEB,weblink Private Member's Bill - C-562, First Reading (39-2), Parl.gc.ca, 2008-06-12, 2014-02-21, and Bill C-384 in 2009.WEB,weblink Private Member's Bill - C-384, First Reading (40-2), Parl.gc.ca, 2014-02-21, EPC was granted the ability to intervene in three court cases in Canada: Hawryluck v. Scardoni in 2004;WEB,weblink 2004 CanLII 34326 (ON SC), CanLII, 2014-02-21, Rasouli v. Sunnybrook Health Services Center in 2011;WEB,weblink Court of Appeal: Doctors Cannot Unilaterally End Life Support | Whaley Estate Litigation Blog, Whaleyestatelitigation.com, 2011-07-18, 2014-02-21, WEB,weblink CanLII – 2011 ONSC 1500 (CanLII), Canlii.ca, 2014-02-21, and Carter v Canada (AG) in 2012.WEB,weblink 2012 BCSC 886, CanLII, 2014-02-21, WEB,weblink Home – The Centre for Constitutional Studies, Law.ualberta.ca, 2014-02-21,

See also

• Euthanasia in Canada
• Euthanasia in the United States
• Euthanasia and the slippery slope
• Assisted suicide
• Assisted suicide in the United States
• Groningen Protocol

References

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External links

• Declaration of Hope
• Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Official Website
• Hope Australia
• Not Dead Yet
• Toujours Vivant – Not Dead Yet
• Care Not Killing UK

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