Haunted by partner's death, one terminally ill UK woman pleads for assisted dying


  • World
  • Friday, 29 Nov 2024

Jenny Carruthers, who is terminally ill and a supporter of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) bill, waits in Parliament Square while British lawmakers debate whether to allow assisted dying for terminally ill adults, in London, Britain, November 29, 2024. REUTERS/Mina Kim

LONDON (Reuters) - Jenny Carruthers watched her partner die in agony from cancer that had spread to his bones. Now diagnosed with the same condition, she is desperate for Britain to change the law to permit assisted dying and give her a more peaceful death.

"I watched my partner die in uncontrollable agony and it looks like I'm going to be facing the same future. We need this," Carruthers, 56, said, as she recalled her partner "screaming in bed" in his final days.

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