Assisted suicide bill to ‘safeguard the vulnerable’

Right to die campaigner Tom Curran says a soon-to-be introduced Dáil bill allowing assisted suicide will be about safeguarding vulnerable people.

Independent Waterford TD John Halligan is to introduce a dying with dignity bill that will remove any criminal sanctions against a family member or doctor who assists a suicide.

In the Supreme Court in 2013, Mr Curran’s late partner Marie Fleming unsuccessfully challenged the law banning assisted suicide.