Chantal Sebire, whose case reignited the debate about euthanasia, has been found dead in her home.

Euthanasia debate woman found dead at home

Extract from the Telegraph:

"A French woman with a rare and painful facial tumour which left her so horribly disfigured she tried to get approval for doctor-assisted suicide, has been found dead in her home.

Dignitas uses gas, plastic bag in assisted death Chantal Sebire, 52, a former school teacher and mother of three, whose case reignited the debate about euthanasia, was found dead at her home in the eastern town of Plombieres-les-Dijon, a French government official said. The circumstances of her death were not immediately clear. On Monday, a court in the city of Dijon rejected Mrs Sebire's request to be allowed to receive a lethal dose of barbiturates under a doctor's supervision."