The capsule has raised a host of legal and ethical questions in Switzerland. Active euthanasia is illegal in the country, but assisted dying has been allowed for decades as long as the person takes their life with no “external assistance” and those who help the person die do not do so for “any self-serving motive,” according to a government website.

That sounds so frigging complicated. Like, you can have a milky coffee, but you can’t physically combine the milk and coffee.

Good on the folk who risked 5 years in jail to help that 65 y/o bite it.