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Dignitas Clinic defends assisted suicide
Article posted on Thursday 02 April 2009 by DWDnsw
The founder of Swiss right-to-die organisation Dignitas, has defended helping British psychiatric patients to kill themselves. Ludwig Minelli told the BBC suicide was a "marvellous possibility" and he wants the assisted suicide law clarified for the healthy partners of dying people.
Former Labour Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt said his comments showed the need for a change in UK laws. More than 100 Britons, mostly terminally ill, have died at Dignitas.
