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JillWA MS sufferer wants dignified death

Article posted on Friday 26 February 2010 by DWDnsw

Unable to walk and stripped of her independence after living with multiple sclerosis for more than 20 years, former nurse Jill feels life has become an unbearable prison.

Less than five months after right-to-die campaigner Christian Rossiter died following a landmark Supreme Court decision which allowed his nursing home to comply with his wish to starve to death, the State Government's stance against euthanasia is set to be challenged again after the former registered nurse yesterday stopped taking medication which will prolong her life and pleaded to be allowed to die with dignity. Read more »...