Alberta proposes new rights, including to refuse medical treatment—with exemptions
If passed, the new bill would protect Albertans from being ‘coerced’ into receiving any kind of medical treatment, so long as an individual has the ‘capacity’ to consent and is not likely to cause ‘substantial harm to themselves and others.
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