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Paralyzed woman loses first Irish right-to-die case

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DUBLIN (Reuters) – An Irish woman terminally ill with multiple sclerosis lost her battle for the lawful right to die in the first case of its kind to be brought in Ireland, Dublin’s High Court said on Thursday. Marie Fleming, a 59-year-old former university lecturer who is completely Paralyzed, made an impassioned plea last month to establish the right of her partner of 18 years to help her die, an act that could currently see him jailed in mainly Roman Catholic Ireland. …

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

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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. …