UK Lords: new assisted suicide legal framework needed
GenevaLunch News Five Law Lords in Britain’s highest court have ruled in the case of a woman in deteriorating health from multiple sclerosis (MS), Debbie Purdy, that the director of public prosecutions...
View ArticleZurich’s citizens to vote on suicide assistance
GenevaLunch News Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Two popular initiatives, both dealing with assisted suicides, have gathered enough signatures to call for a vote in canton Zurich. No date has been...
View ArticleUK clarifies its position on “assisted suicide”
GenevaLunch News The UK’s public prosecutor published guidelines 23 September on British law covering assisted suicide. The clarification comes after a woman with multiple sclerosis in Bradford, Debby...
View ArticleGood background story on Switzerland, assisted suicide
GenevaLunch News Helena Bachmann, who lives in the Lake Geneva region, has written a good overview for Time magazine on assisted suicide and Switzerland’s efforts to rein in death tourism. She reminds...
View ArticleAssisted suicide moves both sides to call for change
GenevaLunch News Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Swiss are considering measures that could change the country’s reputation for easy access to assisted suicide. One is a proposal to modify the...
View Article“Dr Death” Kevorkian dies
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Dr Jack Kevorkian, who brought assisted suicide into the limelight in the US, died at the age of 83 in Michigan, of complications from pneumonia and kidney...
View ArticleBern says no to assisted suicide law, steps up prevention measures (update)
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland will not make organized assisted suicide a federal crime: the Federal Council Wednesday 29 June instead chose to boost efforts to discourage suicide and...
View ArticleSwiss assisted suicides: data shows growing number in first decade
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – The number of assisted suicides in Switzerland of people who are permanent residents in the country, appeared to rise during the first decade in which statistics...
View ArticleGeneva yes to childcare centres, Vaud opts for canton’s assisted suicide plan
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Swiss voters Sunday 13 June had cantonal ballot issues to consider as well as federal ones. Geneva voters embraced a modified proposal, giving every child under...
View ArticleCanadian who fought for assisted suicide dies in Zurich
GenevaLunch News Case has been followed closely in Canada as part of debate over current law ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Susan Griffiths from Winnipeg, age 72, died early Thursday morning 25 April in Zurich,...
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