Diane Pretty
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Diane Pretty (November 15, 1958 - May 11, 2002) was a British woman from Luton, Bedfordshire, who became the focus of a debate about assisted dying in Britain during the early part of the 21st Century.
Diane Pretty was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease, and when this disease became advanced such that she was unable to move or communicate easily, she wished to end her life, with assistance from her husband. Because this would be illegal in Britain, Diane 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 Diane Pretty's arguments. 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 died without assistance on May 11, 2002.
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