British court: Right-to-die case can proceed

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FILE - In this family photo released in Jan. 2012 by Tony and Jane Nicklinson, former corporate manager, rugby player, skydiving sports enthusiast Tony Nicklinson sits at his home in Wiltshire, England, where following a stroke he suffers from locked-in syndrome. A British judge is due to make a preliminary ruling on a paralyzed man's wish that a doctor be allowed to end his life. The ruling expected Monday March 12, 2012 is on the government's bid to throw out the case.(AP Photo/Tony and Jane Nicklinson)In a case that challenges Britain’s definition of murder, a severely disabled man who says his life has no “privacy or dignity” will be granted a hearing on his request that a doctor be allowed to give him a lethal injection.

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