Canada Supreme Court to revisit decision banning assisted suicide

By Randall Palmer OTTAWA (Reuters) – The Supreme Court of Canada agreed on Thursday to take another look at a decision it made in 1993 upholding a ban on assisted suicide, setting up a new battle over the right to die. The case involves Gloria Taylor, an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) patient and activist, who joined the right to die lawsuit in 2011. Assisted suicide is legal in Switzerland, along with a handful of other European jurisdictions and a few U.S. states. "This is a big one dealing with something we will all one day face – how, when and under what circumstances we head for the exit sign," said constitutional lawyer Eugene Meehan, who has argued numerous cases before the court.