33-Year-old Kelly Taylor from Bristol is terminally ill and has welcomed the clarification to the assisted suicide law.
New guidance has been issued to clarify the law on assisted suicide in England and Wales - but it offers no guarantees against prosecution.
Instead the Director of Public Prosecutions has spelled out the range of factors that will be taken into account when deciding on cases.
The move has been welcomed by 33 year old Kelly Taylor from Bristol who is terminally ill.
In 2005 she tried to starve herself in the hope she would end her pain.
"I think the new guidelines are a breakthrough, as it gives people the knowledge when and where they're going wrong and when they could be prosecuted. It also gives people like me greater patient choice."
New guidelines
The guidelines issued on Wednesday have spelled out the range of factors that will be taken into account when deciding on cases.
These include whether there was a financial motive, and looking into how the decision to die was made.
There has been opposition to the guidelines, including from the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children, a pro-life group.
"It's the beginning of the slippery slope for people who want to commit suicide and who want to support them in that act," says Chris Brennan, from the Bristol branch.
Who decides
Others in the medical profession also say that suicide should not be an option as there is help available for people with terminal illnesses.
But Kelly Taylor disagrees.
"At the end of the day I'm suffering. The hospice for all they're worth cannot take away the emotional pain that I'm in and they cannot take away any of the physical pain.
"I still want to die. I don't believe in prolonging a life that isn't worth living."
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