Switzerland aims to stop 'suicide tourism'

The Swiss government has laid out plans to tighten rules on assisted suicide in a bid to prevent abuse by organisations offering euthanasia.

In one of two options suggested, it tabled an outright ban on organisations offering assisted suicide, although it made clear that it preferred a second option of imposing more stringent rules on such organisations.

"Essentially, the Federal Council does not wish to take anything away from the current, liberal legislation, which permits someone to assist a suicide provided they are not motivated by their own interests," it said in a statement. More...

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