Thursday, April 30, 2015

NEWS: Terminally ill man wins right to assisted death

The High Court in Pretoria on Thursday granted a terminally ill man the right to end his own life, with the help of a doctor.

Robin Stransham-Ford was granted an order that allows a doctor to help him commit suicide, and the doctor shall not be subject to prosecution or disciplinary proceedings. (Reuters)

Robin Stransham-Ford was granted an order that allows a doctor to help him commit suicide and the doctor shall not be subject to prosecution or disciplinary proceedings.

“The applicant is entitled to be assisted by a medical practitioner either by the administration of a lethal agent or by providing the applicant with the necessary lethal agent to administer himself,” said Judge Hans Fabricius.

Stransham-Ford (65) a former advocate, was diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer in September 2013, and had hoped that Judge Fabricius would hand down an order to allow a doctor to give him drugs that he would use to end his own life.

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