Debbie Purdy

Type: Person

Name: Debbie Purdy

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Assisted dying legal in ‘strictly defined circumstances’

Laws legalising assisted suicide are a case of ‘when’ not ‘if’ according to bill promoter Lord FalconerTerminally ill adults with fewer than six months to live may soon be granted the right to die after a private member’s bill goes before the House of ... [Published Private Client Adviser - May 13 2013]

Entities: Lord Falconer of Thoroton, Suicide, Terminally Ill, Debbie Purdy

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Right-to-die cases at Appeal Court

Two severely disabled men are going to the Court of Appeal in an attempt to change laws governing the right to die.Paul Lamb, from Leeds, was paralysed from the neck down in a car accident and wants a doctor to help him to die.The 58-year-old, who has ... [Published BBC - May 13 2013]

Entities: Paul Lamb, Tony Nicklinson, Suicide, Diane Pretty, Debbie Purdy

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Church of England

Assisted dying bill to be tabled

Parliament is to be asked to consider the case for legalising assisted dying for terminally ill patients who have less than six months to live.Labour peer Lord Falconer is to table a bill this year calling for a change in the law in England and Wales, ... [Published BBC - May 07 2013]

Entities: Lord Falconer of Thoroton, Terminally Ill, UK Ministry of Justice, Church of England

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Column: Assisted suicide not permitted, but we still must find a humane path for these people

MARIE FLEMING, HER family and her supporters were undoubtedly disappointed by the decision of the Supreme Court today when seven judges of the Supreme Court dismissed her appeal and ruled that there was no constitutional right to terminate or to be assisted ... [Published TheJournal.ie - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Supreme Court, Multiple Sclerosis, Diane Pretty

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

New face for Nicklinson campaign

Paul Lamb joins Jane Nicklinson's battle for law reform on assisted dyingA man paralysed from the neck down who is taking over locked-in syndrome sufferer Tony Nicklinson's legal fight for the right to die can be named publicly, a court ruled this we ... [Published Private Client Adviser - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Paul Lamb, Tony Nicklinson, Debbie Purdy, guidelines, courts

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

Paul Lamb: The Leeds man fighting for the right to die with dignity

After two decades in chronic pain, Paul Lamb has just one last request. He wants help to die with dignity. Sarah Freeman reports.Paul Lamb remembers little of the car crash which 23 years ago left him paralysed and in need of round-the-clock care. However, ... [Published Yorkshire Evening Post - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Paul Lamb, Leeds, Debbie Purdy, Law Lords, Tony Nicklinson

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 2 reports

Let me choose when and where to die

Paul Lamb, who has been paralysed and in severe pain for 23 years, is seeking the legal right for a medically assisted suicide at a time of his choosing. He told Victoria Macdonald about his life.As Mr Lamb, aged 58, takes up a legal challenge seeking ... [Published Channel 4 - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Paul Lamb, Debbie Purdy, Multiple Sclerosis, Diane Pretty

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 1 reports

Assisted Dying

In 2009, campaigner and MS sufferer, Debbie Purdy, won a historic case, clarifying that her husband would not be prosecuted if he assisted her in her venture to end her life at the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland ... [Published Stv.tv - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: Debbie Purdy, Switzerland

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New face for Nicklinson campaign [Published Private Client Adviser - Apr 19 2013]
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