New Delhi, April 24 -- A woman from the West Midlands in England has said she intends to end her life at a clinic in Switzerland, citing prolonged grief following the death of her only son.

Wendy Duffy, 56, told the Daily Mail that she has made the decision after struggling for years to cope with the loss of her son Marcus, who died in 2022 at the age of 23.

"I want to die, and that's what I'm going to do," Duffy said, adding, "My life; my choice."

Duffy said she has travelled to Switzerland, where laws around assisted dying differ from those in the UK, where the practice remains illegal.

She told the publication that she had applied to Pegasos, a clinic in Basel, that facilitates voluntary assisted dying and had received approval. Ac...