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Sue Rodriguez (August 2, 1950 – February 12, 1994) was a Canadian advocate of assisted suicide. She was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with the given name Sue Shipley, and grew up in Thornhill, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto. Her first marriage was short-lived. Rodriguez, who lived in Victoria, British Columbia, was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in early 1991. She fought to have a legal right to assisted suicide; under the Criminal Code, assisted suicide is punishable by a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison. She took her cause to the Supreme Court of Canada, but ultimately lost the battle. On September 30, 1993, in what would become a landmark decision, ''Rodriguez v. British Columbia (Attorney General)'', the SCC held 5-4 against her. In 1994, she decided to take her own life with the help of an anonymous physician. Svend Robinson, a New Democratic Party MP who had campaigned her cause, was also present. A 1998 film called ''At the End of the Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story'', with Wendy Crewson as Rodriguez, tells her story. ==Related== *Gloria Taylor (patient) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sue Rodriguez」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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