Disabled U.K. Woman Wins Legal Battle in Assisted Suicide Case
A disabled woman won her legal battle Thursday to force British authorities to say whether her husband would be prosecuted if he helped her commit suicide.The House of Lords, Britain's highest court, ordered the government to draw up rules for when it will-and won't-prosecute assisted suicide, which is illegal in the U.K.Debbie Purdy, who has multiple sclerosis, said the ruling "gives me my life back." The judgment is a defeat for those who argue that Britain's law on assisted, already rarely enforced, risks being further weakened...