Sunday 15 May 2011

'Suicide tourism' set to continue in Switzerland

Voters in Zurich, Switzerland, have rejected proposed bans on assisted suicide and "suicide tourism".
Some 85% of the 278,000 votes cast opposed the ban on assisted suicide and 78% opposed outlawing it for foreigners, Zurich authorities said.
About 200 people commit assisted suicide each year in Zurich, including many foreign visitors.
Read the full story via the Guardian website here or on the BBC News website here