UK denies right-to-die legal challengeReported by SeattlePI.com on Thursday, 16 August 2012 (on August 16, 2012)
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UK denies right-to-die legal challenge
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Updated 8:07 a.m., Thursday, August 16, 2012
LONDON (AP) — Britain's High Court on Thursday rejected an attempt by a man who has locked-in syndrome to overturn the country's euthanasia law by refusing to legally allow doctors to end his life. The judges wrote that they were both "tragic cases," but said to allow euthanasia as a possible defense to murder "would usurp the proper role of Parliament." Nicklinson had argued that British law violated his right to "private and family life" as guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights, on the grounds that being able to choose how to die is a matter of personal autonomy. "[...] they did leave a small door open for prosecutorial discretion," he said, pointing out the judges acknowledged that the decision to prosecute people who helped others to die were not always straightforward. Britain's top prosecutor has previously said that people who help loved ones commit suicide won't necessarily be charged with murder.
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