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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Bevan Hurley

American sisters’ assisted suicide in Switzerland spurs calls for more US states to adopt aid-in-dying laws

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At Pegasos, a voluntary assisted dying association in Basel, Switzerland, death costs 10,000 euros, or just over$11,000.

The figure includes paperwork and consultations, a prescription for the sodium barbiturate Nembutal, an appointment where the drugs are administered, cremation and couriering of the patient’s ashes home.

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