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Woman Denied Life-Saving Procedure Due to Vaccine-Status Ruled Constitutional by Canada Court

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If you’re not vaxxed, you’re not getting life-saving transplants.

On Tuesday, a court in Edmonton, Canada, ruled that sentiment to be completely constitutional.

Annette Lewis, diagnosed in 2018 with “a chronic, progressive disease with no cure” was removed from a Edmonton-based transplant wait-list for not being immunized against COVID-19.

Lewis argued that her rights had been violated, but Justice Paul Belzil determined that her rights had not in fact been violated according to CBC.

“I do not accept however, that her beliefs and desire to protect her bodily integrity entitle her to impact the rights of other patients or the integrity of the [transplant program] generally,” Belzil said.

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“No one has a right to receive [organ] transplants and no one is forced to undergo transplantation surgery.”

“The proposition that treating physicians exercising clinical judgment would be subject to the charter would result in medical chaos with patients seeking endless judicial review of clinical treatment decisions,” Belzil added.

According to CBC, doctors told Lewis that a transplant was “her only hope of survival.”

This practice isn’t only found in our neighbor to the north.

Did this judge make the right decision?

Various hospitals in the states have adopted similar policies.

For instance, D.J. Ferguson, 31, was denied a heart transplant by a Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston because he hadn’t “been vaccinated against the coronavirus,” NPR reported.

Also, despite pressure from the Colorado politicians and other concerned parties, in October of 2021, Colorado’s UCHealth stood by its decision to deny organ transplants to patients who are unvaccinated for COVID-19.

This is frightening news for those who wish to retain a bit of bodily autonomy.

On the left, there is no such thing as “my body, my choice.”

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There is only “how can I control your body to give myself more power.”

This is certainly the case with the left’s favorite “my body, my choice” situation, abortion.

It’s not “your” body, its a baby’s body.

Nevertheless, if destroying that body gives women more “freedom” to pursue a professional career, then controlling that body is fair game.

The same sentiment can be applied to vaccines.

By forcing others to take vaccines, leftists, activists and public health bureaucrats are given all sorts of power to pursue their own interests.

All at the expense of your personal freedom.

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Michael wrote for a number of entertainment news outlets before joining The Western Journal in 2020 as a staff reporter. He now manages the writing and reporting teams, overseeing the production of commentary, news and original reporting content.
Michael Austin graduated from Iowa State University in 2019. During his time in college, Michael volunteered as a social media influencer for both PragerU and Live Action. After graduation, he went on to work as a freelance journalist for various entertainment news sites before joining The Western Journal in 2020 as a staff reporter.

Since then, Michael has been promoted to the role of Manager of Writing and Reporting. His responsibilities now include managing and directing the production of commentary, news and original reporting content.
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