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STOCKHOLM, Sweden, March 18 (UPI) -- A 31-year-old Swedish woman who has spent the majority of her life on a respirator is demanding the right to die with dignity, a letter she dictated says.
The letter sent to the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare seeks permission for doctors at Daderyd Hospital to turn off her respirator, the Swedish news agency Tidningarnas Telegrambyra reported Thursday.
"It is my express wish that the respirator be turned off after I have been put to sleep," the letter says.
Born with a neurological illness, the paralyzed woman has been kept alive on a respirator since the age of six.
"I cannot breathe by myself. Not a single breath," her letter says. "I am not able to move at all."
The woman told hospital counselors that she would gladly take her own life if she were able to.
There was no immediate word on whether her request would be granted.
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