Swiss may expand assisted suicide law

[Kevin42]

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - A ruling by Switzerland’s highest court released Friday has opened up the possibility that people with serious mental illnesses could be helped by doctors to take their own lives.
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Switzerland already allows physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients under certain circumstances. The Federal Tribunal’s decision puts mental illnesses on the same level as physical ones.

“It must be recognized that an incurable, permanent, serious mental disorder can cause similar suffering as a physical (disorder), making life appear unbearable to the patient in the long term,” the ruling said.

SOURCE: news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070203/ap_on_re_eu/switzerland_assisted_suicide_1

I simply do not understand how the world can continue to go deeper into something so blatantly wrong. I don’t think that you have to be a religious person to see how wrong this is…not to mention how dangerous. America may not be top notch when it comes to morality, but thank God we haven’t reached this level.