Mother ends life at Swiss clinic four years after son’s death
Summary
A British woman named Wendy Duffy ended her life at a Swiss clinic four years after her son died. Assisted dying is not currently legal in England and Wales, so she traveled to Switzerland where it is allowed under certain rules.Key Facts
- Wendy Duffy, 56, died at the Pegasos clinic in Basel, Switzerland.
- She was physically healthy but struggling to cope with her 23-year-old son’s death by choking.
- Duffy had previously tried to take her own life and paid £10,000 for assisted dying services.
- The Pegasos clinic confirmed her death was voluntary and done with full mental capacity.
- Assisted dying laws in England and Wales failed to pass in Parliament recently.
- The proposed law would have allowed terminally ill adults less than six months to live to request assisted dying.
- Pegasos Swiss Association was founded by Ruedi Habegger, a right-to-die activist.
- In 2024, a Dutch woman was allowed assisted dying due to mental suffering under Dutch law from 2002.
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