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By Xavier Symons Swiss assisted suicide provider Exit has officially sanctioned assisted suicide on the grounds of old age. The new statute – the first of its kind in Switzerland – was passed at the group’s annual general meeting over the weekend. “Our members...
By Alex Schadenberg, International Chair - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Assisted suicide is facilitated in Switzerland by suicide groups who assist the suicide deaths of their members. The assisted suicide groups charge a "membership fee" and fees for...
By Alex Schadenberg, International Chair – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition A Swiss appeals court appears to have decided that it is OK to kill a person for any reason. Last July, a Swiss regional court found Dr. Philippe Freiburghaus “crossed the line” by...
By Michael Cook An extensive survey of assisted suicide in Switzerland between 2003 and 2008 has found that the most vulnerable people are women, people who live alone or people who are divorced. People who ask for assisted suicide tend to be wealthier and...
By Wesley J. Smith There is no limit to the death culture any more. An elderly Italian woman paid Dignitas 10,000 Euros to be made dead because she had lost her looks and was lonely. From the Daily Mail story: “A healthy Italian woman paid a Swiss right-to-die...
By Wesley J. Smith Switzerland is Jack Kevorkian as a country. It permits suicide clinics to which people travel from all over the world to be made dead. This has come to be known by the term “suicide tourism.” Dignitas is the best known–but certainly not the...
By Wesley J. Smith Jack Kevorkian’s first death was of Janet Adkins, who had early stage Alzheimer’s, but was so fit she beat her son at tennis a few days before she died. (He actually murdered her by lethal injection, according to his own statement to Larry King.)...
By Wesley J. Smith Switzerland, which already permits suicide purveyors to make a lot of money out of suicide tourism, is now bringing self termination into nursing homes and hospitals. From the Swiss Info story: “Vaud is set to become the first Swiss canton to...
By Peter Saunders Editor’s note. Peter Saunders is CEO of Christian Medical Fellowship, a United Kingdom-based organization with 4,500 UK doctors and 1,000 medical students as members. This first appeared here. Voters in Zurich, Switzerland, Sunday rejected proposed...
By Wesley J. Smith Editor’s note. This appeared Thursday on Wesley's blog. As if the suicide clinics weren’t bad enough, now nursing homes in one area of Switzerland will soon be allowed to facilitate suicides by residents. From the story: “A Swiss region is poised...