Another High Profile Brit Wants A Swiss Death

Yeah, well, what can one say? Here’s another high profile media type trumpeting to the world that he wants to go to Swiss death clinic Dignitas to kill himself. Not helpful.

Terminally ill Michael Winner says he is considering suicide at Swiss clinic

Michael Winner has revealed he may choose to kill himself at the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland.

The film director, who said in the summer that liver specialists have told him he has 18 months to live, admitted he has researched services at the assisted-dying institution, where more than 150 Britons have travelled to end their lives. more

Brits Continue To Got To Swiss Death Clinic To Die

The Brits keep going to Swiss death clinic Dignitas to kill themselves. Here’s the latest on the trend.

Trickle of British suicide cases to Dignitas continues as Swiss vote for status quo

Switzerland’s parliament voted against a bid to toughen controls on assisted suicide last week, rejecting concerns about foreigners travelling to the country to die.

Members of the lower house of parliament voted against changing the code, arguing self-regulation by right-to-die organizations such as Exit and Dignitas worked and the liberal rules protected individual freedoms.

The vote in parliament mirrors a referendum in Zurich last year when voters rejected overwhelmingly proposed bans on assisted suicide and ‘suicide tourism’. more

Tragedy Used For Pro-Death Media Spin

Here’s another report from the UK in the pro-death tank. These are tragic stories to be sure, but not only for the reasons in the story. The real tragedy is that people see ending their lives as the only alternative to living with debilitating and terminal illness.

'His last wish was to die at home': Fury of mother who watched her husband die months after their daughter's suicide

Landscape gardener Patrick Norfolk had one last wish as the debilitating physical condition that had plagued him for years entered its final, terrible stages. He wanted to die in his garden among the flowers and plants he  had tended for decades, surrounded by his family.

Patrick, 65, had been left a shell of his former independent, physically active self by motor neurone disease – an incurable illness that wreaks havoc on the nervous system and causes muscles to waste away.

Overwhelmed by the disease’s relentless onslaught, Patrick did indeed try to take his own life at his home. But the attempt was unsuccessful and – unable to seek help from his wife Anne or anyone else because of Britain’s laws on assisted suicide – he took the agonising decision to end his life at the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland. more

The Tragedy Of Assisted Suicide

Here’s another “heroic” story about someone being killed as Swiss death clinic Dignitas. Like every other account like this I have read, it’s heartbreaking how those seeking death are begged by their families not to do it. Tragic.

The last kiss: Family's final portrait before mother dies in Swiss suicide clinic

Jackie Meacock said her last goodbyes to her children in a sunny garden outside the Dignitas centre last week.

After years of suffering with the neurological disorder dystonia, the 71-year-old from Brighton chose to take her own life with her family at her side.

People with dystonia suffer muscle contractions which cause twisting and repetitive movements.

Jackie said her symptoms were so bad that she had no will to carry on living.

Her daughter Donella Preisler said Jackie had been “very frightened – but ready to die”. more

Swiss Death Clinic Runs Afoul of The Law - Twice

It hasn’t been a good week for Swiss death Clinic Dignitas and it’s owner, Ludwig Minelli. First cops stopped an assisted suicide when the victim fell asleep during the procedure, and now Minelli has lost a defamation court case.

Dignitas founder loses libel suit

Ludwig Minelli, the founder of assisted suicide group Dignitas, has lost a case against a newspaper columnist who Minelli claims defamed him. more

Swiss Death Clinic Complains About Interference In Their death-Making

Here’s a macabre story from Swiss death clinic Dignitas – tutting about police interfering in their dark deeds – how ironic.

Assisted suicide firm Dignitas to sue Swiss police for reviving terminally ill woman who fell asleep during procedure

The world's foremost euthanasia clinic, Dignitas, is to sue the Swiss police after their officers tried to revive a terminally ill woman who fell asleep during an assisted suicide. more