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“It’s expensive to support the disabled — suicide kits are $39.95”

Arthur Schafer’s portrayal of comments on the merits of physician-assisted suicide need challenging (Assisted-suicide slope not so slipper, July 19). Shafer, like many supporters of physician-assisted suicide (also known as “doctor-prescribed death”), does not seem to have considered the wider issues facing Canadians with disabilities, including the ongoing social prejudice and discouraging lack of living supports that we encounter on a daily basis.Win

Winnipeg Free Press
“It’s expensive to support the disabled — suicide kit are $39.95”
July 21, 2012
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