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The Latimer Case: The Reflections of People with Disabilities - Our Lives Are Worth Living
Comments from a Vigil for Tracy Latimer
by Catherine Frazee
It's a simple question—why have all these people left their homes and their jobs to be here? Why have we made the considerable effort that it always takes for most of us to get anywhere in this big inaccessible country? Why are we huddled together out here in the February cold, sacrificing the comfort of our regular routines and risking our health?
The Latimer Case: The Reflections of People with Disabilities
Table of Contents
- Introduction by Hugh R.
The Latimer Case: The Reflections of People with Disabilities - Biography of Tracy Latimer, 1980-1993
A Life Cut Short
by Elizabeth Semkiw
Tracy Latimer was born on 23 November 1980. She had Cerebral Palsy and was the eldest of four children. Tracy lived on a farm with her family near Wilkie, Saskatchewan.
The Latimer Case: The Reflections of People with Disabilities - Chronology
1978
1978—Bob and Laura Latimer marry.
The Latimer Case: The Reflections of People with Disabilities - Introduction
by Hugh R. Scher, Chairperson, CCD Human Rights Committee
The Latimer Case: The Reflections of People with Disabilities - Murdered in the Name of Kindness
by Jim Derksen, Former CCD Chairperson
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Self-Determination Threatened by DNR Orders: David Martin Speaks Out
23 December 1998
How did the MLPD get involved in the Sawatzky case?
Kevorkian, Dr. Death, Charged with Murder
(3 December 1998) — On Sunday, 22 November 1998, CBS's "60 Minutes" broadcast a video in which Dr. Jack Kevorkian administered a lethal injection to Thomas Youk, a 52 year old man with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Dr. Kevorkian shared the video with CBS to push US society another step down the road toward legalized euthanasia.
Prior to the Youk case, Kevorkian has not administered a lethal injection. Instead, he has provided those requesting his services with a "suicide machine" which was operated by the person requesting the suicide.
