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Another case of euthanasia - Dumb, real dumb
Why would anyone play God. It is not up to us when we die, so why are people playing with fire.
Date: 3/7/2009 4:27:48 PM ( 15 y ) ... viewed 1651 times
Prince of Wales sends condolence message to family of Dignitas suicide couple
The Prince of Wales has sent a message of condolence to the family of Peter and Penelope Duff, the wealthy British couple who ended their lives together at a voluntary euthanasia clinic in Switzerland.
Last Updated: 10:07AM GMT 07 Mar 2009
Penelope and Peter Duff: Dignitas suicide couple: Prince of Wales has sent his condolences to couple's family
Peter and Penelope Duff from Bath, Somerset travelled to the Swiss assisted suicide clinic,
Peter and Penelope Duff, from Bath in Somerset, were both suffering from terminal cancer when they traveled to the Dignitas clinic in Zurich, where they died on February 27.
Their son-in-law Simon Conibear, who is married to their daughter Helena, 41, works as a development manager at Prince Charles's "model village" in Poundbury, Dorset, and has met the Prince on a number of occasions.
It is understood Prince Charles sent Mr Conibear a message of condolence after the couple died.
Retired businessman Mr Duff, 80, a patron of the Bath Festival, was suffering from colon and liver cancer and his 70-year-old wife had been suffering from another rare form of the disease, Gist (gastrointestinal stromal tumour) since 1992.
The Duffs are the latest Britons to end their lives at Dignitas.
Although there is no suggestion of them being helped by anyone else to end their lives, their deaths have reopened the debate on whether voluntary euthanasia and assisted suicide for the terminally ill should be allowed in Britain.
There have been a series of legal bids in recent years to clarify the law relating to the issue.
Although suicide is no longer a crime in England and Wales, aiding and abetting suicide is a criminal offence punishable by up to 14 years in prison.
Dignitas was founded in 1998 by Swiss lawyer Ludwig Minelli, who runs it as a non-profit organisation. Around 100 Britons are said to have been helped to die at the facility.
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