by APFLI | May 20, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Dignitas, the Swiss group that has assisted the suicides of 619 of its Swiss and foreign members since 1998, has petitioned the Swiss Supreme Court to permit it to facilitate the deaths of those deemed chronically depressed or mentally ill. Dignitas founder Ludwig...
by APFLI | May 16, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Ludwig Minelli, the head of Dignitas, is 77, and says it is a human right to decide on one’s own death. A trained lawyer, he founded the assisted suicide organisation 12 years ago. The organisation, whose slogan is ‘”live with dignity, die with...
by APFLI | May 14, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
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 assisted suicide itself. Assisted suicide groups have their own “rules and regulations.”...
