JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP
Euthanasia or assisted suicide “of your choice”, disappearance of the criterion of vital prognosis engaged “in the short or medium term”…: much wider access to assisted dying than expected is emerging in the Special Commission.
The “French model” of end of life promises to be much more permissive than expected. In a few days, several “strict conditions” proposed by the government to limit access to assisted dying were ignored during the examination of the text in the Special Commission. Before the debate in session, the deputies largely reworked the initial text on the end of life, freeing themselves from Emmanuel Macron’s instructions for caution to avoid creating a widely accessible right.
Changes which undermine the will of the Minister of Health, Catherine Vautrin to “maintain the balance of the text.” “Debate has took “a very worrying turn, judge LR deputy Annie Genevard. The legislator has opened Pandora’s box to the detriment of the protection of the patient, their loved ones and caregivers.
While a large number of caregivers have mobilized in recent months to demand that euthanasia not be considered as care, MPs voted for the introduction of assistance in dying in…
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