Estonia Court Declares a Right to Kill Yourself in Assisted Suicide

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Estonia Court Declares a Right to Kill Yourself in Assisted Suicide

Five years ago, the highest court in Germany declared that committing suicide is a fundamental right — for everybody and for any reason — and that being assisted or assisting others in the act are ancillary rights associated with that liberty. In other words, death on demand. Now the Supreme Court of Estonia appears to have followed the same course. Here’s the context: A man who provided a suicide machine to those who wanted to kill themselves w…

An Estonian retired engineer who offered people a device of his own design for assisted suicide, which three people used and two of them died, has been acquitted by the Supreme Court. The man did not provide health care services and could not be charged with illegally running a business, the court ruled. The engineer designed and rented the device for a fee, thanks to The article Estonia: Supreme Court acquits designer who lent a device for assi…