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Sue Rodriguez: Choosing Death
News in Review
October 1993 (16:03)
Before Viewing
1.
What is euthanasia?
2.
When is euthanasia used with animals?
3.
How does section 1 of the Charter limit individual rights?
While Viewing
4.
What are the symptoms of Lou Gehrig’s disease? Is it treatable?
5.
What constitutional rights did Rodriquez say had been violated by the
Criminal Code?
6.
What is the significance of the timing of Rodriquez’s death?
After Viewing
7.
If they are not harming anyone else, should people be free to choose
what they want to do with their own bodies, or should the government
be able to tell them what they can do?
8.
How can an individual use the Charter to challenge a law?
9.
Why do you think this challenge resulted in a 5 to 4 decision?
10. How would Canadian society have changed if Rodriguez had won this
Charter challenge?