Terminally ill woman mounts first Irish right-to-die case

DUBLIN (Reuters) – An Irish woman who is terminally ill with multiple sclerosis made an impassioned plea in her battle to seek the lawful right to die at the start of a landmark case in Ireland’s High Court on Tuesday. “I’ve come to the court, whilst I still can use my speech, my voice, to ask you to assist me in having a peaceful, dignified death, to die peacefully, I need assistance,” Marie Fleming, 58, said, giving evidence from a wheelchair to three senior judges. …