Euthanasia

Sue Rodriguez

The case of Sue Rodriguez learns she has lost her legal battle. She was very disappointed and weak by illness; she nevertheless wished to publicly react to the verdict of the Supreme Court of Canada, as evidenced by this story of Euthanasia. Like the trial in the court, Canadian society is divided on the issue of assisted suicide and euthanasia. But no matter what ever the point of view is, it is always based on the perception or experience that one has the disease, and the forfeiture and the suffering he is engaged in. The move in favor of euthanasia and the attempt to suicide was formed in reaction to a medicine considered overly paternalistic and long reach to aggressive therapy. (Gallagher, 50)

To his supporters, autonomy, quality of life and human dignity are the watchwords. Death, they say like Sue Rodriguez and the control over the body and life are inalienable individual rights. On what a sick person suffering from needless and sometimes unbearable, she should agree to put his fate in the hands of others? Like the actions against abortion and the majority decision of the Supreme Court, opponents of assisted suicide invoke the sanctity of life. They believe that adequate palliative care preserve the patient's dignity and quality of life. They fear that such legalization would open the door to euthanasia. Abuse would then fear against those unable to consent or vulnerable, such as the elderly and the physically or mentally, to whom one could feel that they have become emotional. (Pool, 15)

In his approach, she wants to give an example of righteousness to his young son and help others in the same situation. Sue Rodriguez was a prime consideration of exile in California, more tolerant in terms of legislation. But he failed in 1992 referendum on the legalization of euthanasia which led her to turn to the Canadian courts. In December 1992, his application was rejected by the Supreme Court of British Columbia, then by the Court of Appeal. In May 1993, the case went to the Supreme Court of Canada. This is the first time that the court in the country agrees to look into the issue of assisted suicide. (Gallagher, 50)

Robert Latimar

Robert Latimer, 44, a farmer in Wilkie, Saskatchewan, killing his daughter Tracy in October 1993 by poisoning her with carbon monoxide. Severely disabled by cerebral palsy, Tracy, who was aged 12 years, could not talk or walk or eat by herself. The trial of Robert Latimer has sparked a debate on euthanasia in Canada. On November 25, 1994: the judge grants bail to Robert Latimer to return home after hearing the appeal of his conviction. On December 4, 1994: The Canadian Civil Liberties Association asked the Minister of Justice of Canada to repeal the prison sentence imposed on Robert Latimer. July 18, 1995: Three judges of the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan all agreed on the murder conviction of Robert Latimer. One of the judges wrote, however, that the prison sentence of 10 years ...