A terminally ill Irish woman does not have the right to be assisted in ending her life, the country’s Supreme Court ruled Monday.

Marie Fleming, who has multiple sclerosis, appealed to the court after losing a challenge earlier this year to Ireland’s absolute ban on assisted suicide, The Irish Times reported.

In delivering the decision of the seven-judge panel, Chief Justice Susan Denham said while suicide is not a crime in Ireland there is “no explicit right to commit suicide.”

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