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UK Mother Pays £10k for Swiss Assisted Suicide, Calls Legalisation

4/23/2026

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Wendy Duffy, 56, will undergo assisted suicide at Pegasos clinic in Basel, Switzerland on Friday, paying £10,000.
She says her son’s death at 23 after choking on a cherry tomato drives her call for UK legalisation, debated as the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill faces a Lords vote.
Pegasos, founded by right-to-die activist Ruedi Habegger, apologized for a prior case lacking family notification and will change procedures.

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Wendy Duffy, 56, will undergo assisted suicide at Pegasos clinic in Basel, Switzerland on Friday, paying £10,000.
She says her son’s death at 23 after choking on a cherry tomato drives her call for UK legalisation, debated as the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill faces a Lords vote.
Pegasos, founded by right-to-die activist Ruedi Habegger, apologized for a prior case lacking family notification and will change procedures.