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| Irish supreme court rejects assisted suicide appeal | Irish supreme court rejects assisted suicide appeal |
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| Ireland's supreme court has turned down a plea from a woman with multiple sclerosis for her partner to be allowed to help her die. | Ireland's supreme court has turned down a plea from a woman with multiple sclerosis for her partner to be allowed to help her die. |
| Marie Fleming, 59, from Co Wicklow, was too ill to attend the hearing in Dublin. She had appealed for the seven-judge court to allow her to die peacefully at home without her partner Tom Curran facing the threat of being prosecuted. | Marie Fleming, 59, from Co Wicklow, was too ill to attend the hearing in Dublin. She had appealed for the seven-judge court to allow her to die peacefully at home without her partner Tom Curran facing the threat of being prosecuted. |
| The family have said they expect the former university lecturer will now consider taking her case to the European court of human rights. | The family have said they expect the former university lecturer will now consider taking her case to the European court of human rights. |
| Curran was flanked by his son, David, and Fleming's children, Corrinna and Simon, as he listened to the court's decision. | Curran was flanked by his son, David, and Fleming's children, Corrinna and Simon, as he listened to the court's decision. |
| The chief justice, Susan Denham, said: "The court will dismiss the appeal of the appellant in this very tragic case." | The chief justice, Susan Denham, said: "The court will dismiss the appeal of the appellant in this very tragic case." |
| The court rejected Fleming's argument that the right to die would be limited to a small group of people. | The court rejected Fleming's argument that the right to die would be limited to a small group of people. |
| "It has not generally been the jurisprudence of the Irish constitution that rights can be identified for a limited group of persons in particular circumstances, no matter how tragic and heartrending they may be," the judges concluded. | "It has not generally been the jurisprudence of the Irish constitution that rights can be identified for a limited group of persons in particular circumstances, no matter how tragic and heartrending they may be," the judges concluded. |
| The court also found no constitutional right to die by suicide or to arrange for the determination of life at a chosen time. | The court also found no constitutional right to die by suicide or to arrange for the determination of life at a chosen time. |
| Outside court, Curran said: "The court has ruled on Marie's future as far as they're concerned and we will now go back to Wicklow and live our lives until such a time when Marie makes up her mind that she has had enough." | Outside court, Curran said: "The court has ruled on Marie's future as far as they're concerned and we will now go back to Wicklow and live our lives until such a time when Marie makes up her mind that she has had enough." |
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