Morality Politics of Physician-Assisted Suicide
Comparing Canada and the United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20494157 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Raymond Tatalovich (0000-0002-2670-0959, Loyola University Chicago, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Pages | 71-91 |
| Publication date | 2020-08-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Canadian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1180-3991 • E-ISSN: 1923-5291 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/ijcs.57.x.71 |
| OpenAlex | W2941302010 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 32 |
In contrast to the European tendency toward parliamentary enactment of euthanasia reforms, policies on physician-assisted suicide (PAS) in both Canada and the United States were promulgated by high court rulings. These rulings were very different, however: the Supreme Court of Canada upheld a constitutional right to assisted-suicide while the Supreme Court of the United States denied that any constitutional right exists. This comparative analysis of public opinion, media coverage, federalism, interest groups, and jurisprudence argues that the key variable explaining these divergent policy outcomes was the one-sided debate over PAS in the United States, while a two-sided debate occurred in Canada
Assisted suicide · Federalism · Jurisprudence · Political science · Politics · Public opinion · Supreme court · Supreme Court Decisions · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law
The politics of sin
Political Institutions and Lesbian and Gay Rights in the United States and Canada
Attitudes and Practices of Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide in the United States, Canada, and Europe
Framing political opportunity
Morality Politics in Western Europe
The Decline of Deference
Prelude to Quebec's Quiet Revolution
Brake rather than Barrier
Agenda‐Setting and Policy Results
Agenda Building as a Comparative Political Process
Ideological Values and the Votes of U.S. Supreme Court Justices Revisited
The Supreme Court and Public Opinion
Rights and the Political Process
The Decline of Federalism and the Rise of Morality-Policy Conflict in the United States
Trends
The Supreme Court and Morality Policy Adoption in the American States
The Rising Agenda of Physician‐Assisted Suicide
Social Movement Policy Success
A matter of timing
Partisan effects in morality policy making
Institutional Paths to Policy Change
Institutions and Morality Policy in Western Democracies
The Conditions of Protest Behavior in American Cities
The Supreme Court as a Countermajoritarian Institution? The Impact of Public Opinion on Supreme Court Decisions
Cultural and Institutional Factors Affecting Political Contention over Moral Issues
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |