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NEWS ABOUT: Dignitas

Dignitas stories: 6 news summaries

 Swiss Crack Down 
 on 'Suicide Tourism' 

Assisted suicides to be restricted to the terminally ill

Oct 29, 09 3:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Swiss authorities are trying to cut back on the numbers of people swarming its borders with the intention of dying. The government plans to cut back or even ban assisted suicide amid concerns that too many people—some of them not suffering terminal illnesses—are traveling to Switzerland for assisted... More »

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suicide • assisted suicide • Switzerland • euthanasia • Dignitas • terminal illness • Edward Downes • Joan Downes

Swiss Politicians Battle 'Suicide Tourism'

As Britain eases rules, Switzerland fears rush of ill bent on killing themselves

Sep 21, 09 5:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Swiss politicians have stepped up efforts to battle "suicide tourism" as British officials prepare to announce new rules expected to make it easier for citizens to cross borders to die, reports the Independent. Some 115 Britons have died at assisted suicide operations run by Dignitas in Switzerland. Assisted suicide... More »

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suicide • assisted suicide • Switzerland • Dignitas • multiple sclerosis • Britain • clinic

(Newser) - Some 800 Brits have signed up to commit suicide at a controversial Swiss clinic, reports the Guardian. The terminally ill patients have become members of Dignitas so they can travel to Zurich when the time comes to take a drug overdose. The number of British residents crossing the border for... More »

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suicide • health • politics • assisted suicide • Switzerland • Dignitas • Zurich • Britain

Clinic Wants
to Help Healthy Woman Kill Self

Swiss founder argues option shouldn't be
only for terminally ill

Apr 3, 09 9:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - The founder of a Swiss assisted-suicide center thinks the Brits are too narrow-minded about the service he offers—it should be available to everyone, not just the terminally ill. The center has sparked an uproar in Britain over plans to help a healthy woman kill herself, the Times of London... More »

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assisted suicide • Switzerland • euthanasia • Dignitas

 UK TV Broadcasts 
 an Assisted Suicide 

UK debates right to die after terminally ill patient euthanized

Dec 11, 08 10:38 AM CST
(Newser) - A documentary that aired on Sky TV last night showed an assisted suicide, stirring up a major debate in Britain about the right to die and the responsibility of television programmers, the Independent reports. Craig Ewert, 59, who suffered from motor neuron disease, traveled to a Swiss clinic, drank a... More »

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television • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • assisted suicide • euthanasia • Dignitas • documentary • Britain • Bill Maher Grid

Swiss Neighbors Demand End to Assisted Death

Angered by stream of bodies and ambulances at housing complex

Jul 13, 07 5:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Neighbors of an organization that has become the center of Switzerland's "assisted suicide tourism" have demanded an end to the deaths in their housing complex, the Guardian reports. Residents complain about the stream of ambulances and bodies that have disturbed their sleep for 9 years as some 700 people... More »

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assisted suicide • Switzerland • Dignitas • Zurich

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