A 67-year-old Shropshire man with motor neurone disease (MND) is seeking to overturn the law banning assisted suicide.
Noel Conway is backed by the former Voluntary Euthanasia Society (now rebranded Dignity in Dying [DID]), whose lawyers will argue that the current blanket ban on assisted suicide under the Suicide Act is incompatible with his rights under sections 8 and 14 the Human Rights Act (respect for private and family life and protection from discrimination). -- More...