British Columbia Supreme Court hears case on Catholic hospital and euthanasia
January 14, 2026
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CWN Editor's Note: The British Columbia Supreme Court is considering whether Catholic hospitals should be forced to provide euthanasia to patients who request to be killed.
Under a 1995 agreement, the Canadian province permits faith-based hospitals to operate in accord with their religious identity. A mother whose 34-year-old daughter suffered from cancer testified that a Catholic hospital’s refusal to euthanize her daughter was akin to watching a child being beaten up on a playground.
After a year of care at the Catholic hospital, her daughter was transferred to a hospice, where “the same day a doctor there helped her die,” the Vancouver Sun reported.
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