The Swiss have given no chance to the initiative “Yes to the ban on animal and human experimentation – Yes to research approaches that promote safety and progress”. The rejection rates vary between 68.5% (TI) and 83.4% (OW). Even in Saint-Gall, “homeland of the initiators”, the text obtained only 21.9% of yes.
The initiative was supported neither by the Federal Council, nor by the parties, nor by the economy, nor by research. She called for a ban on all experimentation on both animals and humans. The importation of new drugs or…