{"id":7561,"date":"2018-10-23T16:06:15","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T20:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/?page_id=7561"},"modified":"2019-07-19T16:56:01","modified_gmt":"2019-07-19T20:56:01","slug":"switzerland","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/news\/world\/switzerland\/","title":{"rendered":"Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7561\" class=\"elementor elementor-7561 elementor-6432\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0806a2c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0806a2c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c1bf3d9\" data-id=\"c1bf3d9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4da8a91 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"4da8a91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" src=\"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/sites\/vivredignite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/adventure-alps-climb-1224261.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6661\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/sites\/vivredignite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/adventure-alps-climb-1224261.jpg 5184w, https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/sites\/vivredignite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/adventure-alps-climb-1224261-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/sites\/vivredignite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/adventure-alps-climb-1224261-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/sites\/vivredignite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/adventure-alps-climb-1224261-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">You will find here all the information you need to better understand the issues surrounding assisted suicide and euthanasia in Switzerland.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-078f0ab elementor-tabs-view-horizontal elementor-widget elementor-widget-tabs\" data-id=\"078f0ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-7921\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-7921\" aria-expanded=\"false\">News<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-7922\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-7922\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Statistics<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-7923\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-7923\" aria-expanded=\"false\">FAQ<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-7924\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-7924\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Official Documents<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-content-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" aria-orientation=\"vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-7921\" aria-expanded=\"false\">News<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-7921\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-7921\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"false\"><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>May 11, 2018<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercatornet.com\/mobile\/view\/the-dangerous-ideology-of-rational-suicide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">THE DANGEROUS IDEOLOGY OF &#8220;RATIONAL SUICIDE&#8221;<\/a><\/p><p>On Wednesday, a 104-year-old Australian scientist gave a press conference to world media in a crowded auditorium in Switzerland. Sitting in a wheelchair and flanked by euthanasia campaigners, Dr David Goodall declared that &#8220;Everyone over middle age should have the right unquestioned to end their lives as and when they choose.\u201d The next day he was dead.<\/p><hr \/><p><strong>November 15, 2017<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelocal.ch\/20171115\/assisted-suicide-increasingly-popular-in-switzerland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ASSISTED SUICIDE INCREASINGLY POPULAR IN SWITZERLAND<\/a><\/p><p>In 2015, 965 Swiss residents used assisted suicide services in Switzerland, according to the latest figures from the Swiss statistics office. That\u2019s up from 742 the year before and a remarkable rise on the year 2000 when only 86 people resorted to assisted suicide.<\/p><hr \/><p><b>June 14, 2017\u00a0 \u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/assisted-suicide_dignitas-pays-price-after-cremation-urns-found-in-lake\/43258210\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BAN ON HUMAN ASH DISPOSAL REINFORCED<\/a><\/p><p>Switzerland&#8217;s highest court reinforced a ban prohibiting assisted suicide organisation Dignitas from spreading clients\u2019 ashes outside of cemeteries in canton Zurich.<\/p><hr \/><p><strong>December 4, 2016<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/alexschadenberg.blogspot.com\/2016\/10\/switzerland-26-increase-in-assisted.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">26% INCREASE IN ASSISTED SUICIDE DEATHS<\/a><\/p><p class=\"post-title entry-title\">The Swiss media are reporting that, according to the federal statistical office, the number of assisted suicide deaths increased by 26% in 2014.<\/p><hr \/><p><strong>October 28, 2016<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lecourrier.ch\/2016\/10\/28\/exit-revelateur-dun-malaise-de-societe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EXIT, REVEALER OF A SOCIETY&#8217;S CRISIS<\/a><\/p><p>In Geneva, the case of two brothers opposing their elder brother&#8217;s suicidal desire re-open the debate on assisted suicide and shows tension between assistance duty and right to self-determination.<\/p><hr \/><p><strong>October 18, 2016<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onenewsnow.com\/pro-life\/2016\/10\/18\/euthanasia-begets-more-and-more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EUTHANASIA BEGETS MORE AND MORE<\/a><\/p><p>According to an expert on the issue, once euthanasia is legalized it becomes a natural trend \u2013 and he cites astonishing numbers from a European country to support his argument.<\/p><hr \/><p><strong>August 25, 2016<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10508422.2016.1227259?utm_content=buffer933c1&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">STANCES ON ASSISTED SUICIDE BY HEALTH AND SOCIAL CAR PROFESSIONALS WORKING WITH OLDER PERSONS<\/a>\u00a0<\/p><p>A study on the personal and professional stances of 40 health and social care professionals confronted with assisted suicide of older persons in French-speaking Switzerland.<\/p><hr \/><p><strong>June 24, 2010<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0D<a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/europe\/switzerland\/7851615\/Dignitas-founder-is-millionaire.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IGNITAS FOUNDER IS MILLIONAIRE<\/a><\/p><p>A newspaper investigation has raised new questions about Dignitas and whether Ludwig Minelli, its founder and director, makes profit from his \u201cmercy killings\u201d.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-7922\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Statistics<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-7922\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-7922\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p>In Progress<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-7923\" aria-expanded=\"false\">FAQ<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-7923\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-7923\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p>In Progess<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-7924\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Official Documents<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-7924\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-7924\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p>In Progress<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\nYou will find here all the information you need to better understand the issues surrounding assisted suicide and euthanasia in Switzerland.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNews<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStatistics<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFAQ<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOfficial Documents<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNews<br \/>\n\u00a0May 11, 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