A man with terminal motor neurone disease has lost a High Court bid to challenge the law on assisted dying.
Noel Conway, 67, who was diagnosed in November 2014 and is not expected to live beyond 12 months, said he should be free to determine his own death.
Mr Conway, of Shrewsbury, had told the court at a previous hearing he faces an "unbearable death" because of the law.
Two judges ruled against Mr Conway while one, Mr Justice Charles, agreed permission should be granted.
Mr Conway said he would appeal against the court's decision, the first case to be heard since the law was challenged in 2014 and 2015 and the only one involving a terminally ill patient.
Mr Conway had hoped to bring a judicial review that could result in terminally ill adults who meet strict criteria, making their own decisions about ending their lives.
His counsel Richard Gordon QC, told the court that when he had less than six months to live and retained the mental capacity to make the decision, his client "would wish to be able to enlist assistance to bring about a peaceful and dignified death".
Mr Conway was seeking a declaration that the Suicide Act 1961 is incompatible with Article 8 of the Human Rights Act 1998, which relates to respect for private and family life, and Article 14, which enables protection from discrimination.
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