Only five years after the Claeys-Leonetti law of February 2, 2016, the debate on the end of life is relaunched in France with a pro-euthanasia offensive consisting of four bills. In the Senate, that “aimed at establishing the right to die with dignity” (n ° 131) carried by Senator Marie-Pierre de la Gontrie (PS) was…
It is argued that the “slippery slope” that could be created after the legalization of euthanasia and assisted suicide could open the door to euthanasia practices that go beyond those permitted by law. In this respect, we address three specific circumstances in which we believe this could occur: 1) euthanasia techniques could be applied in…
In some countries, particularly Spain, one of the arguments used to justify the legalization of euthanasia is that there is a strong social demand for it. To try to ascertain the truth of this statement, we review different surveys of physicians and the general public, to determine their opinion on whether or not to legalize…
The Latvian public broadcaster LSM.LV reported that, after a long debate, the Latvian Saeima rejected a citizens initiative to legalize euthanasia by a vote of 49 to 38 with 2 abstentions. A citizens initiative collected 10,000 signatures which required the Saeima to debate the issue. LSM reported that Saeima representatives saw the euthanasia debate as opening the…
The Euthanasia Law is published, stealing the social and political debate in Spain. It is not the function of the State to kill, its function is to provide the means for adequate medical assistance to patients. Download the Euthanasia Law
DOWNLOAD STATEMENT 1. The Constitutional Court has just transmitted to His Excellency the President of the Republic the judgment ruling on the request for preventive control of the constitutionality of several rules of Decree No. 109 / XIV of the Assembly of the Republic – insisting on paragraph 1 of article 2. o – concerning…
Read more. The recently constituted Asamblea por la Vida has called on the senators not to allow the legalization of Euthanasia in our country. After the rule of the PSOE and Podemos government has been approved in Congress, it will be debated soon in the Senate. He reminds the honorable Members that “it is your…
Read more. Last Friday (29-January) it was approved by the Portuguese parliament the euthanasia law. Have voted 218 MP’s (they are 230) and the vote was: 136 in favour, 78 against and 4 abstentions. Now the law goes to the President of the Republic that may promulgate or send it to the Constitutional Court. The…
Disability is not a reason to sanction medically assisted dying – UN experts. GENEVA (25 January 2021) – UN human rights experts today expressed alarm at a growing trend to enact legislation enabling access to medically assisted dying based largely on having a disability or disabling conditions, including in old age. “We all accept that…
Read more. Euthanasia has been approved practically by acclamation in Congress. Its defenders repeat pompously, and with a display of aggressiveness, that euthanasia is a right. What they don’t say is who is actually going to do it. On paper, the demand for euthanasia comes from a person in full use of his faculties, lucid,…