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The state continues to deny South Africans their last right - euthanasia
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South African Government drags its feet on legalising a
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Motor neurone disease (MND) sufferer Dieter Harck has gone to court to fight for the right to end his life on his own terms. But, says the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA), it doesn’t have to be one or the other. Harck and his former palliative care specialist Dr Suzanne Walter have launched a bold new legal challenge to laws around assisted dying. They want the law changed to give effect to their rights to self-determination and allow for both physician-assisted suicide (PAS) – in which a doctor gives a patient a lethal dose of medication to administer.
2021 - Hearing on assisted dying set to begin in High Court
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22 January 2021 - Lee-Anne Bruce
The High Court today granted CALS leave to present evidence supporting the recognition of the right to die with dignity
On Friday 22 January, the Johannesburg High Court granted an application by the Centre for Applied Legal Studies (CALS) to present expert evidence in a landmark case on assisted dying. CALS was previously admitted as a friend of the court in the matter brought by two individuals with terminal illnesses seeking to end their lives with the assistance of a doctor. CALS supports the right to die with dignity.
CALS welcomes today’s ruling by Judge Raylene Keightley of the High Court in Johannesburg, granting our application to present evidence in a case on assisted dying. The matter was first brought by two individuals with terminal illnesses, Dr Sue Walter and Mr Dieter Harck, in August 2017 against the Minister of Health and others. They approached the Court to ask that they be allowed to choose to end their lives with the assist