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Britons travelling to Dignitas-style clinics to commit sucide face new £30,000 death tax
Britons travelling to Dignitas-style clinics to commit sucide face new £30,000 death tax
Britons who travel to suicide clinics in Switzerland to kill themselves face a new “death tax” of up to £30,000, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.
In Britain anyone who aids a suicide can be jailed for up to 14 years in prison, no one has been prosecuted. This has forced scores of people to travel to clinics in Switzerland to kill themselves.
To end this so-called 'death tourism’, right-wing Swiss politicians have launched an initiative that would make it extremely costly for foreigners to end their life in clinics. [continued]
Britons who travel to suicide clinics in Switzerland to kill themselves face a new “death tax” of up to £30,000, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.
In Britain anyone who aids a suicide can be jailed for up to 14 years in prison, no one has been prosecuted. This has forced scores of people to travel to clinics in Switzerland to kill themselves.
To end this so-called 'death tourism’, right-wing Swiss politicians have launched an initiative that would make it extremely costly for foreigners to end their life in clinics. [continued]
Tags: do-gooders, meddlers, puritans, right to die
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Permalink Reply by Dawson Gould on -
Personally, I've never agreed with the mainly religious belief that there is virtue in suffering. It seems more humane to let people decide for themselves when life has become too burdensome to continue.
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Permalink Reply by Sandy on -
The article doesn't really make it clear why the referendum is being put forward. Is it because of religious sensibilities, or that they just don't want people to go there to die?
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Permalink Reply by Dawson Gould on
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It sounds as though they're reluctant to be labeled a 'death tourism' destination. The UK anti-euthanasia group Care Not Killing that's in favor of the referendum is an umbrella group of about 50 organizations including human rights and disability rights groups, health care, palliative care groups and faith based organizations.
Key groups signed up to Care Not Killing include: The Association for Palliative Medicine, the United Kingdom Disabled People's Council, RADAR, the Christian Medical Fellowship, the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales, the Church of England and the Medical Ethics Alliance. -
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Permalink Reply by Фелч Гроган on -
The whole thing does reek of astroturf.
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