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Swiss establish ‘restrictions’ on assisted suicide

November 24th, 2009 Comments off

Charlie Butts – OneNewsNow -

Switzerland has earned a reputation for suicide tourism.

Although assisted suicide is technically illegal in the country, it is tolerated if the person assisting is not doing so for personal profit. But the reputation has prompted the Swiss to crack down, according to media reports. Rita Marker, head of the International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide (ITF), reports that this “crack down” is not as serious as the public may think. Read more…