B.C. doctor predicts ban on assisted death in faith-based institutions will go to court

Dr. Jonathan Reggler says he’s certain a ban on assisted death in faith-based institutions in B.C. will eventually wind up in court. 

Reggler is an assessor and provider of medical assistance in dying (MAiD) on Vancouver Island. 

He says patients in many faith-based hospitals and residential care homes have to be transferred to a different facility to have an assisted death.

In B.C., the Denominational Health Association (DHA) includes 44 faith-based facilities.

Although these institutions do not allow medically assisted death on their premises,