Woman: Court decisions back right-to-die bid

A Wicklow woman who is seeking the right to end her own life believes former High Court decisions supporting the right to turn off life-support machines and refuse a blood transfusion will bolster her fight for justice.

The woman, who has multiple sclerosis, is taking a case to the High Court seeking her husband’s legal right to help her die.

She wants the 1993 Criminal Law (Suicide) Act declared unconstitutional as she says it discriminates between able-bodied and disabled people.