Tag Archives: Dr Kevin Fitzpatrick

Nicklinson court ruling means assisted suicide is set for parliamentary return

Anti-euthanasia campaigners have welcomed a high court decision to reject the legal bids of two disabled men who want to loosen the laws on euthanasia and assisted suicide.
Tony Nicklinson, from Wiltshire, was seeking to give doctors the power to kill him at a time of his choosing, and has already said he will appeal the [...]

Success in euthanasia court case would be ‘catastrophe’

Disabled activists have again been forced to warn of the “catastrophic” consequences of a weakening in the laws on euthanasia and assisted suicide, after the latest “right to die” high court ruling.
Tony Nicklinson, from Wiltshire, this week won the right to have his bid for legalised euthanasia examined in depth by the high court, after [...]