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British MS Victim Wins Key Right-to-Die Ruling

Court orders that current law be clarified

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 31, 2009 7:12 AM CDT

(Newser) – A British woman has won her legal battle to force the government to clarify its law on assisted suicide, the Guardian reports. Multiple sclerosis sufferer Debbie Purdy, whose health is deteriorating, wants to travel to a Swiss euthanasia clinic to die when her condition becomes...   Read full story »

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