To what extent do you think assisted suicide should be a legally available option to those who want to end their lives?

To what extent do you think assisted suicide should be a legally available option to those who want to end their lives?

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In Switzerland, anyone who assists a person to commit suicide is not punishable unless they do so for vested reasons. The relevant article in the Criminal Code paved the way for assisted suicide in the 1940s.

Today, more than 1,000 terminally ill patients or people suffering from other severe conditions receive such assistance to end their lives every year.