Thursday, October 30, 2008

"Woman loses assisted suicide case"

By Fiorella Bafundo
A 45 year old English woman with serious health problems of sclerosis lost yesterday her case in the High Court, while she was trying to be sure that after her husband come back of a Swiss clinic, where she plans to end with her life, he won’t be prosecuted.
After an unclear resolution, she claims that it is her right to know if after her action his husband won’t be charged and won’t go to jail, as in the High Court they did not give her a clear criteria to judge which actions are cases of assisted suicide and which are not, she said "How can we make sure that we act within the law if they won't tell us in what circumstances they would prosecute?".
Lord Justice Scott Baker said that the law is clear but if a change is needed that means that only the Parliament can make something, they do not.
This is a case “of public interest” and has called the attention of different organizations in the world about the right of people to finish with their lives when that is wanted and the right of having someone to help them when is needed.

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