Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Dignified death -- in Switzerland, assisted suicide is legal

A sign of a civilized world:
'The children accompanied their parents to Switzerland where assisted suicide is legal: "Within a couple of minutes they were asleep, and died within 10 minutes,” Caractacus Downes, the couple’s 41-year-old son, said in the interview after his return to Britain. “They wanted to be next to each other when they died.” He added, “It is a very civilized way to end your life, and I don’t understand why the legal position in this country doesn’t allow it.”'

New York Times Article

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