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By Marta Falconi - AOL NewsZURICH, Switzerland (June 24) -- A Swiss magazine alleged this week that the founder of Dignitas, the controversial clinic that helps terminally ill people meet a "dignified death" and has been accused of promoting "death tourism," could be profiting from the mercy killings. Ludwig A. Minelli, a former journalist and lawyer, has been under the spotlight here and abroad since 1998, when he founded the Zurich-based clinic. The magazine, Beobachter, alleged that tax records have shown that Minelli had no taxable personal fortune registered when he founded the clinic, but by 2007 had amassed a ...
'Right to Die' Under Increased Scrutiny in the U.K.
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyTwo harrowing cases have brought the whole "right to die" question back to life in the U.K.The first concerns a year-old infant, known only as Baby RB, who suffers from a rare genetic disease that prevents him from moving his muscles freely or breathing on his own. The baby's parents (who are separated amicably) are in court this week to determine the child's fate. His mother supports the hospital's wish that he be taken off the ventilator on quality-of-life grounds. His father maintains that a simple tracheotomy -- where a tube is inserted into the neck to facilitate breathing -- would enable ...
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