Two years ago he began legal proceedings to clarify whether his wife, Jane, would have been prosecuted for injecting him with a lethal dose of drugs.
His legal team argued that the current murder law would have infringed his right to respect for his private life as part of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Mrs Nicklinson said he wanted to “take his own life at a time that he chooses”.
This led to her husband giving evidence before the Commission on Assisted Dying where he said there was a “fundamental injustice with the present law”.
“A new law should restore the right of self-determination and would also help to protect those people who need protection,” he said.
“Once this is sorted out people like me can die in peace.”
- Tony Nicklinson’s legal fight for right to die, BBC.co.uk, August 22, 2017.
3. When Maria Jones-Elliot of Waterford, Ireland, was just 23 weeks pregnant, her water broke. She was carrying twin girls and doctors were worried about the survival of the babies. Despite the odds, one of the babies, Amy, was born. That was June 1, 2017. Amy was four months premature and weighed a little more than one pound. But the other baby stayed in the womb.
Maria and her husband Chris were filled with angst about the second baby, but decided to let “nature take its course.” Three months later, doctors induced delivery and little Katie was born on Aug. 27.
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