Suicide Clinic Helping Grieving Mother Die Promotes Death-on-Demand Culture
This republished article first appeared in the National Review A grieving mother who is in good health has been accepted for termination by a Swiss suicide clinic. From the New York Post story: A physically healthy British woman heartbroken over the death of her only son is heading to Switzerland to end her own life at an assisted suicide clinic. Wendy Duffy, 56, attempted to take her own life after her son died four years ago — but is soon bound for Switzerland, where assisted suicide is legal, after her application was accepted by a clinic, according to the London Times. Duffy, a former care worker from the West Midlands, told the Daily Mail that she paid Pegasos, a Swiss assisted-dying nonprofit organization, $13,500 to euthanize herself under its care, saying suicide is the only way her “spirit can be free.” Thirteen grand! A lot of money is being made by Swiss suicide clinics accommodating the death desires of despairing people. Suicide is becoming romanticized: She’s already chosen what she will wear on her deathbed and told the Daily Mail that Lady …
