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  • Woman ends 'right to die' food protest

    08/18/2005 1:26:58 PM PDT · by Former Fetus · 27 replies · 963+ views
    The Telegraph ^ | 8/18/05 | Richard Savill
    Woman ends 'right to die' food protest By Richard Savill (Filed: 13/08/2005) A 28-year-old terminally ill woman who went on hunger strike as an act of voluntary euthanasia has ended her protest after 19 days because of intense pain. Kelly Taylor had waited nearly 10 years for a heart and lung transplant, but was taken off the list two years ago after doctors told her the risks were too high. She began her protest because she believed starvation was the only method of death that would not leave her husband, Richard, liable to prosecution for assisted suicide. Her plight attracted...