Swiss right-to-die group gets green light for new suicide room

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ZURICH (Reuters) - A Swiss organization that helps terminally ill people take their own lives and defends their right to refuse medical treatment said on Monday local authorities had allowed it to open another room for assisted suicides.

Exit, which provides lethal drugs to help people die, said the Basel canton's local building council had dismissed objections to its plan to convert part of its office in Binning, Switzerland, into an assisted suicide room. Some local residents and businesses had objected to having such a facility nearby and argued it did not conform to local building regulations. More...