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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Ireland high court rules paralyzed woman has no right to assisted suicide
[JURIST] The Supreme Court of Ireland [official website] on Monday rejected an appeal [judgement] by a paralyzed woman seeking to allow her partner to help her commit suicide. The appellant, Marie Fleming, suffers from end stage multiple sclerosis, a disease of the nervous system, and as a result is paralyzed. Fleming challenged the constitutionality of Ireland's 1993 Criminal Suicide Act [text] which decriminalized suicide but provides that, "A person who aids, abets, counsels or procures the suicide of another, or...
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