Woman loses battle on assisted suicide

The European Court of Human Rights ruled on 29 April 2002 that the British government had not breached human rights law when it refused to give the husband of a terminally ill woman immunity from prosecution if he assisted her suicide.

http://www.echr.coe.int/Eng/Press/2002/apr/Prettyjudepress.htm http://www.echr.coe.int/Eng/Press/2002/apr/Prettyjudepress.htm

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