Medicolegal / Medical Law

Lawsuits and legislation in the U.S. are testing how far pharmacists can go in declining medications based on personal beliefs.

Experts agree forced and coerced sterilization must end, but are divided over whether Bill S-228 would deliver justice or chill access to reproductive care.

The national association said the case could have ‘impacts far beyond the issues at play in Saskatchewan.’

The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner found that pharmacist Ahmed Abuel Shouhoud had contravened Alberta’s Health Information Act—three years after having been sanctioned by the college for the same incident.

As physicians, if we don’t help our patients have a good death, we may be condemning them to a very bad one, one not of their own choosing.

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Donald Sturgeon was the Interior Health authority’s executive director of medical affairs, but was fired in November 2021 due to his refusal to be vaccinated.

The Privacy Commissioner’s office said the medical centre should have conducted an assessment for environmental risk to the records and failed to properly notify patients.

The Survivors Circle for Reproductive Justice said an estimated 12,000 to 15,000 individuals have been sterilized in Canada without proper consent—some as recently as last year.

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