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Australian man wins right to die

August 15, 2009

A court in Australia has ruled that a quadriplegic man who wants to die can tell his carers to stop feeding him.

The judge in the western city of Perth said the nursing home would not be held criminally responsible.
In a statement, Christian Rossiter said he could not perform any basic human functions and wanted to die.

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