Euthenasia no longer a taboo but is still not fully addressed

The trials of Marie Fleming continue.

Yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling is the latest blow she has received in a decade that has been blighted by pain and suffering.

The court rejected her appeal against a High Court ruling that her rights are infringed by an absolute ban on assisted suicide. The 59-year-old former lecturer is in the final stages of multiple sclerosis. She wants her partner, Tom Curran, to be legally permitted to assist her to take her own life. Yesterday’s ruling has put that beyond legal reach. Europe is still an option for the couple, but time isn’t on their side.