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British Assisted Suicide Case Wins Expedited Hearing.(Brief Article)
The European Court of Human Rights has agreed to expedite its review of the case of Diane Pretty, a British woman whose request to give her husband legal immunity so he can assist her to die was turned down by the House of Lords in November. The House of Lords serves as Britain's highest court.
Mrs. Pretty suffers from a motor neuron disease. She is paralyzed from the neck down and receives her nourishment through a tube.
The five Law Lords unanimously rejected Pretty's appeal, saying that human rights legislation is in place to protect life rather than take it. According to BBC News, "Lord Bingham of Cornhill said assisted suicide was against the law and no one had the power to suspend or abandon laws without parliamentary consent."
Lord Bingham told The Guardian that the European Human Rights Convention contains no guarantee for assisted suicide and pointed out that the Netherlands alone permits it in Europe. Regardless of the benefits that some people claim from the practice of euthanasia, they do not stem from or deserve protection under the European Convention right guarding the sanctity of human life, he said.
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Source: HighBeam Research, British Assisted Suicide Case Wins Expedited Hearing.(Brief Article)