Switzerland Suicides
What are the statistics on Suicides in Switzerland?
Switzerland Sued for Not Providing Assisted Suicide Drugs to Woman Without Fatal Disease
Alliance Defending Freedom filed a brief with the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights Monday supporting the Swiss government for refusing to provide a woman who does not suffer from any fatal disease with drugs to commit suicide. Ref. Source 2
Assisted Suicide Clinic Kills Elderly Woman Who Couldn't Handle Modern Society
Assisted suicide is not about terminal illness. Assisted suicide is not about disability. Assisted suicide is not about mental illness. Ref. Source 6
Number of Suicide Tourists Heading to Switzerland Doubles in Four Years
The numbers of 'suicide tourists" going to Switzerland to take their own lives has doubled in four years, reports a study published online in the Journal of Medical Ethics. Ref. Source 6
"Suicide Tourism" in Switzerland Targets Patients Who Aren't Terminally Ill
In Switzerland, the numbers of people traveling from abroad to die are growing dramatically. Even more disturbing is the fact that the reasons they cite in seeking suicide are growing beyond inevitably terminal illness to include traditionally manageable conditions. Ref. Source 2
What's with the desperate need to take one's life? Is it a depression thing that should be treated or is just a rejection from family leading to it? Either way I think its ridiculous thing that its a big business and the government is involved too.
Cousins Worried About Being Separated Kill Themselves Together in Joint Assisted Suicide
Two elderly cousins, who worried about being separated, have flown to Switzerland where they were made dead while holding hands. Stuart Henderson, 86, and Phyllis McConachie, 89, took their lives together in a Swiss clinic in November last year. Neither was terminally ill. Ref. Source 3