Tamika Reynolds
10-30-09
4:21Pm
According to CNN News that Switzerland is creating laws to help control “suicide tourism.” Switzerland has a reputation for relaxed laws on assisted suicide. The problem is that people are traveling to Switzerland, which is not a bad thing but they are chronic ill patients who cannot legally have assisted suicide in their own country so they are traveling to Switzerland for assisted suicide. The Swiss government does not want to change their liberal laws but want to make sure those who are wanting assisted suicide are not doing it for their own self interest. One case they stress in the article is a Rugby player who become paralyzed in a game and had assisted suicide. The problem with this case is that it was a chronic condition but not a terminal one. The Swiss is getting a lot of pressure from the British Government because at least 117 Britons have traveled to Switzerland for assisted suicide.
Here is my personal opinion on the whole situation. I don’t think Britain really cares about the death of 117 people. I honestly believe that the problem is financial. In Britain there are a lot of court cases because the siblings of the ones who commit suicide are prosecuted for helping with suicide, however they keep getting off because in the country it is happening, this is legal. I think that a lot of court cost is developing because of these cases and so they want to crack down on that so they are pressuring the Swiss to change their laws. Do I think it should be legal? In Switzerland I think it should be. They are a neutral country who’s cultural identity should be left alone.
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1 comment:
I agree Switzerland has not had any controversy and if this works for them then let it be. If someone wants to die because of an illness that is terminal then that is there decision if its not then maybe it should be looked at more careful in court depending on how serious the illness was and how the person was living when the action was being carried out.
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