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Debbie Purdy with her husband, Omar Puente outside the House of Lords, following the Lords historic decision to clarify the law on assisted suicide.
Friday, Jul. 31, 2009

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  • DEBBIE PURDY,
  • a British woman with multiple sclerosis who feared her husband would be prosecuted if he helped her end her life in Switzerland. A British court made legal history by asking for clarity on what constitutes a prosecutable case under assisted-suicide laws
Photo: Oli Scarff / Getty | Source: BBC