Founder of the organization "Dignitas", Ludwig Minelli ends his life through assisted dying

2025-11-30 20:52:03 / MISTERE&KURIOZITETE ALFA PRESS

Founder of the organization "Dignitas", Ludwig Minelli ends his life

The head of the Swiss organization that defends the right to die, "Dignitas", has ended his life through an assisted death.

Ludwig Minelli, who founded the group in 1998, died a few days before his 93rd birthday, The Guardian reports.

The company, "Dignitas", emphasized in the announcement that Minelli until the end of his life continued to seek further ways to help people exercise their right to choose to end their lives through assisted dying.

Internationally, there has been a significant shift in attitudes towards assisted dying in the nearly three decades since Dignitas was founded. France recently voted to allow some people in the final stages of a terminal illness the right to assisted dying. Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Spain and Austria have all introduced assisted dying laws since 2015. In the US, assisted dying is legal in 10 states.

Meanwhile, in the United Kingdom, there continues to be fierce debate over the assisted dying bill, which was supported by MPs in a vote in June and is now being considered in the House of Lords.

If passed, the bill would allow seriously ill adults in England and Wales to apply for an assisted death.

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