Euthanasia Prevention Coalition


Euthanasia Prevention Coalition is a non-profit organization that opposes euthanasia and assisted suicide in the world. It was founded by Alex Schadenberg, Dr. Barrie DeVeber and Jean Echlin in July 1998. Its headquarters are in London, Ontario, Canada.

Publications

EPC published the following pamphlets: Protecting People from Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide; Euthanasia Paper; and Caring Not Killing. EPC’s executive director Alex Schadenberg published a book called Exposing Vulnerable People to Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide.

Legal cases

Euthanasia Prevention Coalition intervened for the first time following the attempted euthanasia of a disabled child in Niagara Falls in 2001.
EPC organized petitions against the following bills: Bill C-407 in 2005; Bill C-562 in 2008; and Bill C-384 in 2009.
EPC was granted the ability to intervene in three court cases in Canada: Hawryluck v. Scardoni in 2004; Rasouli v. Sunnybrook Health Services Center in 2011; and Carter v Canada in 2012.