Suicide Tourism on the Rise, Doubling Since 2008

The ongoing debate about assisted suicide and the right to die with dignity is a sensitive issue among both politicians and religious leaders around the world.

Since 1942, however, assisted suicide has been legally available in the country of Switzerland. This law does not only apply to the nation’s own citizens, but includes people from other countries as well.

People with chronic, untreatable conditions, most commonly neurological disorders including paralysis, Parkinson’s disease or Multiple Sclerosis, are among those who travel to Switzerland in search of assistance for ending their own lives. The practice has since garnered the dubious distinction of being referred …read more