Grieving Mother Dies at Swiss Suicide Clinic

The other day, I wrote about Wendy Duffy, a healthy woman in deep grief because of the death of her son, who was planning to die at a Swiss death clinic. Alas, Duffy apparently did the deed. From the New York Post story:

The physically healthy British mom, irreparably heartbroken over the death of her only son, died by euthanasia in Switzerland on Friday.

Wendy Duffy, 56, died at the Pegasos assisted suicide clinic in Basel, in what the controversial organization called a “sane suicide,” the Daily Mail reported.

“I can confirm that Wendy Duffy, at her own request, was assisted to die on April 24 and that the procedure was completed without incident and in full compliance with her wishes,” said Ruedi Habegger, the founder of Pegasos, an assisted-dying nonprofit organization.

As we become an increasingly pro-suicide culture, all but the most impulsive suicides will be called “sane” by death peddlers. “Rational” is another term often deployed by suicide advocates. Such terms pave the road toward death on demand.

The Swiss death clinic is supposed to be a nonprofit, but it charged Duffy $13,500. That’s a lot of dough. I remember another Swiss nonprofit clinic owner who became a millionaire. There’s money to be made in helping despairing people die.

Res ipsa loquitur.