Paralyzed woman loses first Irish right-to-die case
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. …