Assisted suicide could be 'legalised' in groundbreaking case | Society | The Guardian: The case of a stroke-paralyzed man named Martin could lead to a court ruling that he has the right to help not only from a paid professional to assist him get to Switzerland, but also to the services of a palliative care doctor in the UK to ease his death, should he decide to end his life by refusing food and drink.
Such a ruling would dramatically alter the current options for seriously ill and severely disabled people who wish to end their own lives in the UK. "There would be no more planes to Switzerland," said his lawyer. "Why would you bother?"
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