Swiss assisted suicide associations are anxiously watching the outcome of German parliamentary debates of a new law on the controversial practice. Jessica Dacey talked with Switzerland's Lifecircle and Exit, and key players from Germany.
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Call for new assisted suicide debate is pointless
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The head of assisted suicide organisation Dignitas responds to a leading doctor's calls for renewed discussion of Swiss laws on the issue.
Swiss await fallout of German assisted suicide laws
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Switzerland is the only country that helps non-residents to die. By far the biggest number of foreigners coming to Switzerland to end their life are people from Germany and the United Kingdom. Both countries have been grappling with their own assisted suicide legislation this year. In September, the British parliament rejected a moveExternal link to…
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“She came back cheerful and calm. She just wanted to get it over with,” daughter Bettina Kläy recalls. “She didn’t want to listen to music, although she loved music. It was as if she was finished with life.” By allowing Trechsel to come to her home to end her life in June 2004, Kläy was…
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