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Essay Archive - Laws Against Assisted Suicide in Canada
Laws Against Assisted Suicide in Canada
"This is a very special day for me. It's the day of my release, the
release from suffering, the release from the torment of my body." Those were the
words of the very first Canadian to die through the process of doctor assisted-
suicide, with the doctor being Jack Kevorkian. His name was Austin Bastable, and
in the last few years of his life he became a crusader for the right to die with
dignity.
It has been only in these last few years, with the introduction of
people such as Dr. Jack Kevorkian and Austin Bastable, that the world....
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