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A woman has made a heartbreaking plea to politicians to change the UK’s assisted dying policy in a video released after she died from cancer.
Paola Marra, 53, said she had no choice but to travel to Dignitas to end her suffering.
In a video message, filmed by renowned photographer Rankin, she said: “When you watch this, I will be dead. I’m choosing to seek assisted dying because I refuse to let a terminal illness dictate the terms of my existence.”
Ms Marra died at the Swiss clinic on Wednesday, 20 March, after being diagnosed with breast and bowel cancer.
