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DignitySA Takes Assisted Dying Challenge to High Court - SABC News - Breaking News, Special Reports, World, Business, Sport Coverage of All South African Current Events. Africa's News Leader.
Summary
Dignity South Africa has launched a legal challenge against laws that criminalise assisted dying in South Africa, with the case now before the North Gauteng High Court. The organisation argues that the common law prohibition against medical assistance in dying is at odds with the Constitution and that South Africans who want access to this option should have the right to it. Operations Manager Leigh Mienert says courts had recognised the tension…
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