Paid assisted-suicide clinics open in New York after legalisation

A boutique clinic in New York, where assisted suicide became legal in August, charges up to $12,000 for terminally ill patients to obtain lethal drugs, and its founder says 15 people have already died through it. Similar providers in California and New Mexico advertise lower prices, while critics warn of profit incentives and point to Canada, where assisted death now accounts for 5.1% of deaths and a disputed Ontario case is under police investigation. The commercialisation of death marks a shift away from the biblical view that human life is a gift from God, and it shows how quickly safeguards can be tested once the practice is normalised.