Britons lose right-to-die case but campaigners see progress

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Britons lose right-to-die case but campaigners see progress

A paralyzed car crash victim and the widow of a man who had locked-in syndrome lost a legal bid at Britain's highest court on Wednesday for the right to assisted suicide - but some of the judges signaled parliament should now tackle the issue. The justices ruled seven-to-two against the appeal brought by Paul Lamb, who has only been able to move his right hand since his accident in 1990, and Jane Nicklinson, whose husband Tony was paralyzed after a stroke, court documents showed. Tony Nicklinson, who was conscious but unable to communicate verbally, refused food and medication after he lost an earlier legal bid to end his life with a doctor's help in 2012 and died a week later. Both appeals had argued Britain's bar on the men getting help to commit suicide infringed the European Convention on Human Rights.

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