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| Dying man Noel Conway can fight right to die law | Dying man Noel Conway can fight right to die law |
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| A terminally ill man has won the right to bring a High Court challenge over the law on assisted dying. | A terminally ill man has won the right to bring a High Court challenge over the law on assisted dying. |
| Noel Conway, 67, asked the Court of Appeal to overturn a decision which prevented a judicial review over the blanket ban on providing a person with assistance to die. | Noel Conway, 67, asked the Court of Appeal to overturn a decision which prevented a judicial review over the blanket ban on providing a person with assistance to die. |
| The retired college lecturer, who has motor neurone disease, is not expected to live beyond 12 months. | The retired college lecturer, who has motor neurone disease, is not expected to live beyond 12 months. |
| Mr Conway, from Shropshire, was diagnosed with the disease in 2014. | Mr Conway, from Shropshire, was diagnosed with the disease in 2014. |
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| He lost an earlier High Court bid on 30 March. | He lost an earlier High Court bid on 30 March. |
| Mr Conway wants a declaration that the Suicide Act 1961 is incompatible with Article 8 of the Human Rights Act, which relates to respect for private and family life, and Article 14, which protects from discrimination. | Mr Conway wants a declaration that the Suicide Act 1961 is incompatible with Article 8 of the Human Rights Act, which relates to respect for private and family life, and Article 14, which protects from discrimination. |
| He told judges in previous hearings he faced an "unbearable death" because of the law. | He told judges in previous hearings he faced an "unbearable death" because of the law. |
| His lawyers have said that when Mr Conway has less than six months to live but still has the mental capacity to make the decision, "he would wish to be able to enlist assistance to bring about a peaceful and dignified death". | |
| Mr Conway, whose incurable neurological condition that causes weakness and wasting in the limbs, had hoped a judicial review would ultimately allow terminally ill adults who meet strict criteria to make their own decisions about ending their lives. | |
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| But two out of three High Court judges refused his request last month. | |
| Now, the case will go back to the same court to be heard in full, following Lord Justice McFarlane and Lord Justice Beatson's appeal court ruling on Wednesday. | |
| The case will be the first High Court challenge to the existing law since MPs rejected an attempt to introduce assisted dying in 2015, the BBC's medical correspondent Fergus Walsh said. | |
| It will also be the first such case since right-to-die campaigners lost their appeal before the Supreme Court in 2014, | |
| The campaign group Dignity in Dying has been supporting Mr Conway's bid. |