Lucerne Switzerland will expand assisted suicide.

Alex Schadenberg
Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition

Lucerne Switzerland

More bad news from Switzerland.

Swissinfo news reported that assisted suicide, which is currently done in assisted suicide clinics in Switzerland, will be soon done in hospitals and retirement homes in the Swiss Canton of Lucerne.

The Swissinfo article states that the proposal to extend assisted suicide to hospitals and retirement homes was passed introduced by Sara Muff from the centre-left Social Democratic Party and passed by 81 votes to 27. 

This is a significant change in Swiss assisted suicide policy and will likely expand the number of assisted suicide deaths by normalizing assisted suicide as a medical act

On March 3, 2026; I reported that the Swiss Exit suicide group 2025 death data indicated a 15% increase from 2024. Exit is only one of the assisted suicide groups in Switzerland.

On February 2, 2026; I reported that Zurich Switzerland will require every care home to provide assisted suicide.

Doctors should never be given the right in law to be directly involved with killing their patients. This is a dangerous policy that leads to the devaluation of human life and the normalization of suicide.