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Debbie Purdy: I am not ready to die Legalising assisted suicide will put the elderly at risk, says PM Assisted suicide law is barking and should be changed, says ex-minister Lords to rule on right-to-die demand of MS sufferer MS wife: I've lost case but won argument on suicide trips Judges urge MPs to review law on assisted suicide

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BBC 'right to make Dignitas documentary'

15.04.11
Multiple sclerosis sufferer and right-to-die campaigner Debbie Purdy defends the BBC after it was accused of 'acting like a cheerleader' for assisted suicide ... more

Don't allow deaths 'under cloak of assisted suicide'

19.01.11
Vulnerable people could be pressured into ending their own lives under laws on assisted suicide, a peer warned today... more

Debbie Purdy: I am not ready to die

19.03.10
Right-to-die campaigner Debbie Purdy tells how she enjoys life 'to the maximum' and is not yet ready for death... more

Rules on assisted suicides toughened up to help protect vulnerable

25.02.10
Britain’s top prosecutor sets out 16 key factors likely to lead to those who assist in suicide facing court action... more

Legalising assisted suicide will put the elderly at risk, says PM

24.02.10
Gordon Brown warns that legalising assisted suicide will place unacceptable pressure on the elderly to end their lives as prosecutors prepare new rules on 'mercy' killings... more

TV presenter arrested after his confession to ‘mercy killing’ of lover

17.02.10
BBC presenter who confessed on television to the 'mercy-killing' of a former lover was arrested on suspicion of murder... more

Mercy-killing mother Kay Gilderdale's trial 'was in public interest'

26.01.10
The Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer, insists it was “in the public interest” to put devoted mother Kay Gilderdale on trial... more

Doctor vows to test new assisted suicide rules

21.09.09
EXCLUSIVE: New rules on assisted suicide are to face a test case within weeks from a doctor prepared to become a 'martyr', the Standard can reveal... more

Chief judge: It will be hard to change law on assisted suicide

11.09.09
The head of the country's new Supreme Court has stoked the debate about assisted suicide by saying he had "enormous sympathy" with ill people who want to end their lives... more

Thanks, Debbie Purdy, now we all have freedom to choose

04.08.09
The husband of a fellow MS sufferer explains why Debbie Purdy’s Law Lords victory is so welcome... more

New rules on assisted suicide ‘will apply here’

04.08.09
Britain's top prosecutor warns that new guidelines on assisted suicide would apply in this country as well as abroad... more

Right-to-die campaigner is arrested and dares police to prosecute him

31.07.09
A leading euthanasia campaigner was arrested by police investigating the death of a cancer sufferer at an assisted suicide clinic... more

Assisted suicide law is barking and should be changed, says ex-minister

31.07.09
Former Labour health minister revealed he would be prepared to risk jail to help a terminally ill relative die abroad... more

Lords to rule on right-to-die demand of MS sufferer

28.07.09
Law Lords will decide within days on the right to die of multiple sclerosis sufferer Debbie Purdy... more

Britons who have died with Dignitas

14.07.09
More than 115 Britons have travelled to Switzerland to end their life at the Dignitas clinic since it opened 11 years ago... more

Offence that is punishable by up to 14 years in prison

15.06.09
Under English law assisting suicide is an offence punishable by up to 14 years in prison... more

Cancer patient's partner risks arrest as he speaks out to change law on assisted suicide

15.06.09
London man risks prosecution and up to 14 years in jail as he tells how he helped his partner of 28 years to die in a Swiss suicide clinic... more

1 in 3 GPs would help terminally ill die

24.03.09
A third of doctors would help terminally ill patients die with a lethal dose of drugs, it was revealed... more

MS wife: I've lost case but won argument on suicide trips

19.02.09
A woman with multiple sclerosis claimed a victory in her court battle for her husband to be allowed to help end her life legally... more

Judges urge MPs to review law on assisted suicide

29.10.08
Two High Court judges have told the Government they must tackle the issue of assisted suicide now... more

Wife asks for assisted suicide ruling

02.10.08
A multiple sclerosis sufferer told why she is asking the High Court to clarify the law on "assisted suicide" so she can go abroad to die... more

MS victim says DPP is suicide law 'coward'

02.10.08
A multiple sclerosis sufferer has told why she is asking the High Court to clarify the law on "assisted suicide" so she can go abroad to die... more

MS sufferer wins first step in battle over assisted suicide

11.06.08
A multiple sclerosis sufferer has won the first round in her legal battle to allow her husband to help her commit suicide... more


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