Exit A.D.M.D., a group that provides assisted suicide in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, officially broadened the scope of who it can help during its general assembly last month, its leader Doctor Jérôme Sobel told AFP.
The group's larger sister organization, Exit, which operates in the German- and Italian-speaking parts of the country, is planning to follow suit in a few days, he added.
"We are helping people who are sick and opt for quality of life over a quantity of time surviving with a poor quality of life," Sobel said.
The organization's activities remained "well within Swiss law", he said.
"Passive" assisted suicide has been legal in Switzerland since the 1940s, provided the person is in his or her right mind and anyone helping them is not motivated by self-interest or financial gain.
A number of groups work to help the terminally ill and those suffering who wish to end their lives to do so, usually by supplying them with a lethal dose of a drug they must administer themselves. Full story...
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The group's larger sister organization, Exit, which operates in the German- and Italian-speaking parts of the country, is planning to follow suit in a few days, he added.
"We are helping people who are sick and opt for quality of life over a quantity of time surviving with a poor quality of life," Sobel said.
The organization's activities remained "well within Swiss law", he said.
"Passive" assisted suicide has been legal in Switzerland since the 1940s, provided the person is in his or her right mind and anyone helping them is not motivated by self-interest or financial gain.
A number of groups work to help the terminally ill and those suffering who wish to end their lives to do so, usually by supplying them with a lethal dose of a drug they must administer themselves. Full story...
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