London's
Sunday Telegraph reports that
there is a secret network operating in Britain which will finance
flights, hotels, cremation and doctors' fees, along with helping
with an escort, to a Zurich suicide center. The paper's undercover
reporter quotes Michael Irwin, M.D. and head of the British secret
society
So far, TLC has received pledges totalling
£5,000. A bank account is being opened outside Britain.
...
If it's a question of an escort then we can help on that if there's
no one [to go with the terminally ill person to Switzerland]. We
have some people who have no relatives left - you know, they are
quite elderly. ...
The contribution from TLC would partially cover the costs -
£2,000 is the maximum usually. What we do is we have various
people who have pledged to help. We don't have the cash floating
around, but we can quickly call in those pledges.
So, now we've got 'charitable-assisted suicide' to go with
'doctor-assisted suicide'.