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MS woman wins right-to-die fight
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A woman with multiple sclerosis has made legal history by winning her battle to have the law on assisted suicide clarified.
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# Q/ s9 K8 a. J$ o, p- W5 eDebbie Purdy wanted to know if her husband would be prosecuted if he helped her end her life in Switzerland. 9 e4 c3 b+ H0 O$ X% O Z/ c
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Five Law Lords ruled the Director of Public Prosecutions must specify when a person might face prosecution. 6 X* O& T# ^) @* a! @/ F. B
: W: u$ E0 D; k: v; {Ms Purdy, 46, from Bradford, said she was "ecstatic" at the ruling and she had been given her life back.
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v1 t* B$ m* XThe Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer said he would publish an interim policy on when prosecutions could occur by September before putting the issue out to public consultation. Permanent policy will be published next spring.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8177343.stm
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& M! p4 o. O" L( `9 p; P! Q这位要自己决定,什么时候去见上帝,俺只是不知道这样的人能不能进天堂
3 I5 ~7 c1 J# B5 @' T' {而那些法官竟然同意,还要弄个永久政策,这符合‘神’旨意吗???? |
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