Selbstbestimmtes Sterben, fremdbestimmte Gesetzgebung? | Zum Urteil des Bundesverfassungsgerichts über die geschäftsmäßige Suizidassistenz und zu den im Raum stehenden Gesetzesentwürfen

Self-determined death, determined legislation?As a result of the decision of the BVerfG on the annulment of § 217 StGB, three draft laws regulating assisted suicide are currently the subject of lively discussion. When evaluating the drafts, special attention has to be paid to the constitutional requirements, which result from the partly rather general, partly also concrete statements of the BVerfG on the right to self-determined dying and the state’s duty protecting life. The article attempts to emphasize these more specifically and comes to the conclusion that a return to a new § 217 StGB can hardly meet these requirements