SOCI 1F90 Quiz: Aging and Health .docx
13 Apr 2015
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Everyone who (b) aids or abets a person to commit suicide, whether suicide ensues or not, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years. Slide 2: 5-4 decision- dismissal of appeal, s. 7. Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of the person and the right not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice: s. 241 (b) designed to protect the vulnerable. Refuse treatment: attempted suicide no longer criminal offence, active resistance remains illegal, cited norm in other western democracies, blanket prohibition on assisted suicide maintained. Minority opinion- madam justice mclachlin: argued s241 (b) to be arbitrary, meant to safeguard against involuntary deaths- not sufficient concern to outweigh rodriguez"s right to end her life when she chooses to do so. Decisions rejecting appeal rendered september 30, 1993. Rodriguez dies by assisted suicide february 12, 1994. Western countries permitting- netherlands, belgium, luxembourg and.
