I recall the Northern territories of Australia banned it after controversy, and that was for terminal cases only.
The Swiss are far more liberal, these two Brits weren't even thought to be terminal.
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Couple's 'suicide pact' shocks family
The sister of a British woman who died at a Swiss clinic after an apparent suicide pact with her husband has told of the family's disbelief at the couple's death.
Robert and Jennifer Stokes are thought to have swallowed lethal doses of barbiturates at a flat run by voluntary euthanasia charity Dignitas.
Mr Stokes, 59, suffered from epilepsy and his 53-year-old wife from diabetes and back problems, but neither was thought to have been terminally ill.
Mrs Stokes' sister Dorothy Killackey told the BBC: "We are very surprised.
"Everything seems to have been arranged, the funeral and everything.
"It was obviously very well planned but we had no idea."
Dignitas, which has helped about 150 people to end their lives, is at the centre of a row about "suicide tourism" to Switzerland.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2951387.stm
The Swiss are far more liberal, these two Brits weren't even thought to be terminal.
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Couple's 'suicide pact' shocks family
The sister of a British woman who died at a Swiss clinic after an apparent suicide pact with her husband has told of the family's disbelief at the couple's death.
Robert and Jennifer Stokes are thought to have swallowed lethal doses of barbiturates at a flat run by voluntary euthanasia charity Dignitas.
Mr Stokes, 59, suffered from epilepsy and his 53-year-old wife from diabetes and back problems, but neither was thought to have been terminally ill.
Mrs Stokes' sister Dorothy Killackey told the BBC: "We are very surprised.
"Everything seems to have been arranged, the funeral and everything.
"It was obviously very well planned but we had no idea."
Dignitas, which has helped about 150 people to end their lives, is at the centre of a row about "suicide tourism" to Switzerland.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2951387.stm
