During the last decade of her life, my ancient grandmother always set the mood for our family Christmases by announcing as soon as she arrived for lunch that she wanted to die.
In the News
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June 13th, 2008
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June 12th, 2008
A teenager died a fortnight after having an abortion because of delays in giving her a vital blood transfusion, an inquest in Bristol has heard.
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June 12th, 2008
A woman with severe multiple sclerosis has won a judicial review to clarify the law that makes it a crime to help someone commit suicide.
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June 12th, 2008
A multiple sclerosis sufferer won permission yesterday to bring a High Court challenge to clarify the law on assisted suicide.
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June 11th, 2008
A woman with multiple sclerosis has won permission to bring a High Court challenge to clarify the law on assisted suicide.
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June 11th, 2008
A woman with multiple sclerosis who wants her husband to help her end her life today won a landmark legal review of the law on assisted suicide.
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June 9th, 2008
The success rates of test tube baby methods remain disappointingly low and more research must be done to raise them, says Lord Winston.
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June 7th, 2008
Public outrage has stopped cloned cows from being introduced into Britain's farms, supporters of the technology admitted yesterday.
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June 7th, 2008
Girls are taught how to avoid pregnancy ? but, in these times of late motherhood, fertility experts argue they should also be taught how to conceive. Quite right, says Jemima Lewis
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June 7th, 2008
The policies of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown have helped to generate a spiritual, civic and economic crisis in Britain, according to an important Church of England report.