German Court Scraps Ban On Professional Assisted Suicide.
Germany’s highest court on Wednesday ruled that a 2015 law banning professional assisted suicide was unconstitutional, saying in a landmark decision that people have “the right to a self-determined death”.
The court also surprised observers by explicitly stating that the right to assisted suicide services should not be limited to the seriously or incurably ill. Wednesday’s verdict was closely watched in a fast-ageing country where Catholic and Protestant Churches still exert strong influence, but polls show growing public support for physician-assisted suicide.
Under Paragraph 217, professionals falling foul of the law risked a fine or up to three years in prison. The court stressed however that legislators still had “a broad spectrum” of options to regulate assisted suicide, for instance through mandatory waiting periods or consumer protection standards for assisted suicide associations.
“We may regret their decision and try everything we can do change their minds but ultimately we must accept their freedom to choose,” he said.
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