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 16, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
[Remember “My Body, My Choice”?] The advocacy billboards appeared without warning in San Francisco and New Jersey:: “My Life. My Death. My Choice.” Paid for by the Final Exit Network (FEN), the promotional signs received widespread media...
by APFLI | May 16, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Euthanasia advocates in the Netherlands are proposing establishing new suicide clinics similar to the ones the pro-euthanasia group Dignitas runs in Switzerland that have generated so much controversy. The Dutch pressure group Right to Die NL (NVVE) is investigating...
by APFLI | May 16, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Local authorities in Zurich are asking questions about the assisted suicide facility Dignitas, after 300 urns containing human ashes were found in Lake Zurich this week. The urns bear the logo of the Nordheim crematorium, which is used by Dignitas. Former Dignitas...
by APFLI | May 16, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Trying to Discourage Suicide Tourism With Support from the Zurich Parliament, a referendum to discourage “suicide tourism” in Switzerland will be held on 28Nov10. The measure is aimed at curtailing the suicide trade of Dignitas, the clinic near Zurich that...
