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Sue RodriguezSue Rodriguez (1950-February 12, 1994) was a Canadian euthanasia advocate. She was born in Winnipeg, with the given name Sue Shipley, and grown up in Thornhill, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto. Her first marriage was short lived. Ms. Rodriguez, who lived in Victoria, British Columbia, was diagnosed with ALS in early 1992. She fought to have a legal right to assisted suicide; under the Criminal Code of Canada, assisted suicide is punishable by a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison. She took her cause twice to the Supreme Court of Canada, but ultimately lost both battles. On September 3, 1993, the SCOC voted 5-4 against her case. She decided to take her own life with the help of an anonymous physician. Svend Robinson, a New Democratic Party MP who had championed her cause, was also present. A 1998 film called , with Wendy Crewson as Ms. Rodriguez, tells her story. See also: Jack Kevorkian External links Rodriguez, Sue Rodriguez, Sue Rodriguez, Sue
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