Suicide tourism may change attitudes to assisted suicide, but not through the courts
Gauthier et al1 contend that “suicide tourism can result in the amendment of existing laws”, and argue that this is “confirmed” by, inter alia, the example of the UK (by which they must mean England and Wales: The Suicide Act 1961 does not extend to Scotland). They rely entirely on the case of Purdy...
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