UK court rejects appeal calling for clarification of laws on assisted suicide . The case is the first time a British judge has ruled that it was legal to end one's life with help from an artificial heart. Purdy said that wording made her feel like she had won her argument , even though she lost the appeal . MS sufferer Debbie Purdy wants option to travel abroad for assisted death . Parents of rugby player who died in Switzerland last year were not prosecuted .
UK court rejects appeal calling for clarification of laws on assisted suicide . The case is the first time a British judge has ruled that it was legal to end one's life with help from an artificial heart. MS sufferer Debbie Purdy wants option to travel abroad for assisted death . Parents of rugby player who died in Switzerland last year were not prosecuted .