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French Woman's Case Sparked Worldwide Right-to-Die Debate

A French woman, suffering from a rare cancer, whose request to be allowed to die by euthanasia was turned down by a French court, was found dead today in her apartment in eastern France, Dijon's prosecutor announced. Chantal Sébire, 52, a teacher and mother of three, suffered from esthesioneuroblastoma, an incurable tumor attacking her nose and sinuses. It left her disfigured, blind, without the sense of smell or taste and in terrible pain. Only about 1,000 cases of the rare cancer Sébire... Full Story
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