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Australia Euthanasia advocates work to make suicide easy. Belgium Canada England Germany Netherlands Killing Babies, Compassionately. The Netherlands follows in Germany’s footsteps. Seduced by Death: Doctors, Patients, and Assisted Suicide The Slippery Slope: The Dutch Example New Zealand Switzerland Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia in Switzerland Assisted-Suicide in Switzerland |
Assisted-Suicide in Switzerland Criminal Code par. 155 (1937)Switzerland has had no law prohibiting assisted suicide since 1937, when its criminal code was revised. Since assisted suicide is legal, anyone may assist the suicide of a physically ill person for purpose of relieving suffering. No official statistics are available. There are no safeguards, no residency requirements, and no investigation, unless someone notifies the police. Posted on June 26, 2004. |