Assisted suicide will be high on Swiss political agenda in 2011

Assisted suicide will be high on Swiss political agenda in 2011. - swissinfo: The acquittal of a doctor accused of euthanasia has rekindled the debate on assisted suicide in Switzerland, ahead of votes at the cantonal level on the issue. A regional criminal court ruled in December that the doctor had no choice when she took the final step to end the life of a terminally ill patient. Direct active euthanasia is illegal in Switzerland but assisted suicide and passive euthanasia (mercy killing) are not.