'It is just awful. It’s not life. It’s existence': UK right-to-die case rejected by judge

A brain-damaged, minimally-conscious woman should not be allowed to die, a British High Court judge ruled today.

'It is just awful. It’s not life. It’s existence': UK right-to-die case rejected by judge

A brain-damaged, minimally-conscious woman should not be allowed to die, a British High Court judge ruled today.

The case is thought to be the first time that a judge has been asked to rule on whether life-supporting treatment should be withdrawn from a person who is not in a persistent vegetative state but is minimally conscious.

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