Diane Pretty (15 November 1958 - 11 May, 2002) was a British woman from Luton who became notable after being the focus of a debate about the laws of euthanasia in United Kingdom during the early part of the 21st century. She had attempted to change British law so she could end her own life because of the pains and problems that she endured because of the terminal illness motor neurone disease, which she suffered from.

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  • Diane Pretty (15 November 1958 - 11 May, 2002) was a British woman from Luton who became notable after being the focus of a debate about the laws of euthanasia in United Kingdom during the early part of the 21st century. She had attempted to change British law so she could end her own life because of the pains and problems that she endured because of the terminal illness motor neurone disease, which she suffered from. She stated "I want to have a quick death without suffering, at home surrounded by my family". Pretty had been diagnosed with motor neurone disease several years before. Over time, the disease worsened and made it impossible for her to move or communicate easily even though her mental faculties remained normal. The illness resulted in her having to be looked after round the clock by her husband and nurses, meaning that she could not take her own life, which she had said she would do if she was able to. She stated a wish that her husband should be able to assist her in ending her life, but this would be classed as assisted suicide, which is illegal in the United Kingdom. Pretty took her case to court using the Human Rights Act to argue that the Director of Public Prosecutions should make a commitment not to prosecute anybody involved in helping her to die. British courts did not accept Pretty's arguments, with the House of Lords, Britain's highest court, eventually turning her case down. The European Court of Human Rights refused to acknowledge that the European Convention on Human Rights provided a right to die, and her appeal to that court also failed. Diane Pretty died aged 43 on 11 May 2002, as her health had deteriorated over the last several months due to a series of lung and chest problems.
  • Diane Pretty oli brittiläinen nainen Lutonista, Bedfordshirestä. Hänen tapauksensa herätti Euroopassa laajaa keskustelua kuolinavun moraalisuudesta. Pretty sairastui ALS-tautiin. Hänen lihaksensa rappeutuivat etenevästi, ja lopulta hän oli täysin kyvytön liikkumaan tai kommunikoimaan helposti. Britannialaiset oikeusistuimet eivät myöntäneet mahdollisuutta kuolinapuun, ja myös Euroopan ihmisoikeustuomioistuin antoi kieltävän päätöksen. Diane Prettyn ajatuksena oli ollut pyytää hänen miestään avustamaan itsemurhassa, sillä itse hän ei siihen kyennyt. Itsemurhassa avustaminen oli kuitenkin lain mukaan mahdotonta. Kymmenen päivää ennen luonnollista kuolemaansa Pretty oli joutunut alkaneiden vaikeiden hengitysoireiden johdosta saattohoitokotiin, jossa hän kuoli 11. toukokuuta. Ennen kuolemaansa Pretty oli ollut jonkin aikaa koomassa.
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  • Diane Pretty (15 November 1958 - 11 May, 2002) was a British woman from Luton who became notable after being the focus of a debate about the laws of euthanasia in United Kingdom during the early part of the 21st century. She had attempted to change British law so she could end her own life because of the pains and problems that she endured because of the terminal illness motor neurone disease, which she suffered from.
  • Diane Pretty oli brittiläinen nainen Lutonista, Bedfordshirestä. Hänen tapauksensa herätti Euroopassa laajaa keskustelua kuolinavun moraalisuudesta. Pretty sairastui ALS-tautiin. Hänen lihaksensa rappeutuivat etenevästi, ja lopulta hän oli täysin kyvytön liikkumaan tai kommunikoimaan helposti. Britannialaiset oikeusistuimet eivät myöntäneet mahdollisuutta kuolinapuun, ja myös Euroopan ihmisoikeustuomioistuin antoi kieltävän päätöksen.
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  • Diane Pretty
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