Ms Fleming is challenging the constitutionality of the Criminal Law Suicide Act 1993, alleging it discriminates between able-bodied and disabled people.

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The Suicide Act 1961 - which makes assisting suicide illegal - states that the DPP decides on all cases of assisting suicide.

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The mother of two adult children challenged the constitutionality of the Criminal Law Suicide Act 1993, alleging it discriminates between able-bodied and disabled people.

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