Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Blog 44: Turism to die for?

The Swiss government is not happy that a 50-year-old legislation that allows for euthanasia is being used by non-Swiss citizens (aka: tourist) to end their lives.

Time Magazine has a full story in how the law works in the European country and some examples of people that chose to die there.

The interesting part is not that they are debating the right to choose to die, rather that they are debating the right to die in Switzerland by people from other countries where euthanasia is not legal.

In one hand, this might put more pressure in these neighbor countries to maybe pass some law for assisted suicide, but on the other hand, people who are suffering will not be allow to choose to die in a peaceful way when they chose to go.

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