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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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Förespråksgrupper i Kanada har föreslagit att utöka medicinsk hjälp vid döende (MAiD) till vissa 'mogna minderåriga', medan officiella data visar att programmet, lagligt sedan 2016, stod för 15 343 fall 2023 – cirka 4,7 % av alla dödsfall. Kritiker varnar för en hal isbana.