Assisted suicides increase in 2010

Assisted suicide organisation Exit helped 257 people to die in 2010. - swissinfo: The assisted suicide organisation Exit helped 257 people to die in 2010, an increase of 15 per cent over the 2009 total of 217 assisted deaths. The organisation, which has a branch in both the German and French-speaking parts of Switzerland, saw its overall membership rise by 4,000 to 70,000 people. Those who avail themselves of Exit’s services must first become members.