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: Current AwarenessAnalysis: Debbie Purdy a dignified example of why suicide law must evolve - The Times
By sally
“Many people who heard Debbie Purdy?s dignified plea for clarity on whether her husband would be prosecuted if he assisted her suicide have been moved by the reasonableness of her request. Lord Justice Scott Baker said the court could not leave the case without expressing ‘great sympathy’.”
The Times, 29th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Full post as published by Current Awareness on October 30, 2008 (boomark / email).
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