Assisted suicide ban upheld

The BC Court of Appeal has upheld the federal ban on assisted suicide.

The split decision reverses a lower court ruling that said Canada’s assisted suicide ban violated the charter rights of gravely ill Canadians.

The impact of the appeal court’s decision is unclear, as the case is now likely headed to the Supreme Court of Canada.

The country’s top court hasn’t considered the issue of assisted suicide since 1993, when they decided to uphold the assisted suicide ban.