Woman wins right to die case in Britain

An English woman known only as Miss B has won her fight to decide when to turn her life support machine off.

Woman wins right to die case in Britain

An English woman known only as Miss B has won her fight to decide when to turn her life support machine off.

The forty-three year old is paralysed from the neck down, and has been trying to persuade her doctors to switch off her ventilator. A High Court judge said the landmark ruling will allow her life to end peacefully and with dignity.

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