Posted on 07/10/2010 12:13:53 PM PDT by wagglebee
Ludwig Minelli, the head of Dignitas, is 77. A trained lawyer, he founded the assisted suicide organisation 12 years ago.
The organisation, whose slogan is '"live with dignity, die with dignity", has helped over 1,000 people to die.
Many of them are people who have travelled to Switzerland because assisted suicide is not permitted in their own countries.
Dignitas has the status of an association under Swiss law, with two active members, Mr Minelli and one other.
The identity of the other member has not been revealed.
These two active members control the policy and financing of Dignitas.
Question: You have been described as a man on a mission, a man on a crusade...
I wouldn't say a crusade but I am persuaded that we have to struggle in order to implement the last human right in our societies. And the last human right is the right to make a decision on one's own end, and the possibility to have this end without risk and without pain.
Many people would say though that if there are to be organisations which organise assisted suicide that there should be some rules around how they function.
Well there are rules but there are no state laws. We have our own rules and the first rule is that we never precipitate an assisted suicide. Every step must be initiated by the member and not by us. And the third rule is that we are always first looking whether we will be able to help someone to continue with life rather than to end life.
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This IS NOT a "right" regardless of what ANYONE says.
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What dying people would have both the moola and the energy to travel all the way to Switzerland just to off themselves?
I’ve been asking myself this for years.
The ones who aren’t really dying.
Couldn’t see that one coming, could we?
That sure didn’t take long.
How long before you figure they’re going to set an age limit?
Logan’s Run anyone?
If you’re set on killing yourself,why should it matter where?
Laws don’t scare the dead.
It is always a decision made by the Patient.
THAT is not what will be the case under ObamaCare.
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