Euthanasia
End-of-life bill: Assembly to hold third vote on Tuesday
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French deputies will vote on Tuesday, June 30, on the bill for assisted dying. A majority appears to favor the text.
On Saturday, deputies completed their review of the end-of-life bill without including a clause allowing private institutions to refuse assisted dying. A protest drew four thousand people in Paris on Sunday.
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Spain's Interterritorial Council of the National Health System postponed approval on Thursday of a new euthanasia good practices manual, at the request of Madrid's health counselor Fátima Matute. The document, technically agreed with the autonomous communities, included abbreviated processing for urgent cases. Instead, a new palliative care strategy was approved.
Benjamin Danielou, in a coma since a 2005 accident, died on Sunday at age 41 in a Morbihan hospital from metastatic cancer. His parents had fought for two decades to secure euthanasia to end his suffering, but were unsuccessful. The father vows to continue advocating for the right to die with dignity.
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Advocacy groups in Canada have proposed extending Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) to some 'mature minors,' while official data show the program, legal since 2016, accounted for 15,343 provisions in 2023—about 4.7% of all deaths. Critics warn of a slippery slope.