South Africa’s Court of Appeal hears ground-breaking case on voluntary assisted dying
Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal has begun hearing a case on assisted dying after the government appealed against a ruling by a lower court granting a terminally ill patient the right to die.
Assisted dyimg, otherwise known as euthanasia, is not legal in South Africa.
A ground-breaking ruling in 2015 however granted Robin Stransham-Ford the right to “die with dignity.”
Stransham-Ford however dies just hours bedore the High Court ruling was delivered.
The government decided to appeal against the ruling, saying it had far-reaching implications on its interpretation and possible abuse by others in the absence of a legislative framework that regulates assisted suicide.
Stransham-Ford lawyers are defending the case, reportedly on the instructions of his estate.
