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Kelly Taylor Drops Legal Battle |
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“A terminally ill woman fighting for the right to die yesterday dropped her legal battle after agreeing to try more treatment,” the Daily Mail reported on 19 Apr 07.
Mrs. Taylor, aged 30, who has Eis#enmenger’s Disease and Kippel-Fiel syndrome, had demanded that doctors should put her into a coma, and then let her die from lack of fluid. Under the Mental Capacity Act, doctors are legally obliged to obey an advance directive to this effect when patients can no longer communicate. Eisenmenger’s is not in fact a terminal illness. Disability Now reported in May 2007 that Baroness Campbell, from the anti-euthanasia campaigning group Not Dead Yet, welcomed Mrs. Taylor’s decision. She said she empathised with her situation, but did not agree with her request for help to end her life. She added, “We firmly believe that with the right support and pain relief, it can be avoided.’”
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