Woman, 86, starved herself to death

[Northerner]

A grandmother who starved herself to death said before she died that she had "no alternative" given the UK's laws against assisted suicide.

Jean Davies died on October 1, five weeks after first embarking on a fast to end her life - even though she was not terminally ill.

The 86-year-old right-to-die campaigner spoke to the Sunday Times during her fast, describing it as "hell" and "intolerable".

Ms Davies, who said her four children and two grandchildren supported her right to make her own choice on the matter, said no one would choose to die in that way "unless you thought your life was going to be so bad".

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/woman-86-starved-herself-death-060257238.html

 

[robert@fm]

I agree with Terry Pratchett's view that even the name is wrong; there would be a lot less prejudice if it were called "assisted death", "suicide" carries entirely the wrong connotations.

 

[HOBIE]

A brave Lady God rest her sole.

 

[gail2]

i wonder if they accesed her under the mental health act