Law on sectarian aberrations: the Assembly finally approves the offense of provocation to abandonment of care

2024-02-14 17:17:00

Faced with “gurus 2.0” and their false promises of curing cancer with “mistletoe injections” or some “lemon juice”the executive is keen on this new offense which punishes “provocation by means of repeated pressure or maneuvers” abandoning care, exposing them to “serious consequences” for health.

But the presidential camp was defeated on Tuesday evening by a coalition of oppositions, rejecting this article by 116 votes to 108, as the Senate did at the end of 2023.

LFI, LR and RN deputies denounce a threat to “public liberties” and for the “whistleblowers” who criticize the pharmaceutical industry.

A measurement “more than ever necessary” pour “defend science”

Despite the protests in the hemicycle, Renaissance MP Sacha Houlié requested a new deliberation on Wednesday, on behalf of the Law Committee of which he is president. The announcement of this second vote immediately provoked indignation among opponents of this article, with points of order and suspensions of the session. RN Thomas Ménage criticized the presidential camp for “flout the vote of popular representation”.

The article modified by the majority was finally adopted by 182 votes to 137, with the support of the PS in particular. The socialist Arthur Delaporte welcomed the return of this measure, “more than ever necessary” pour “defend science” SO “that people say unacceptable things on social networks”. It was rewritten so that it “does not apply to whistleblowers”, underlined Renaissance rapporteur Brigitte Liso.

One year’s imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 euros

This new offense of provocation to abandon or abstain from treatment would be punishable by one year of imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 euros, penalties increased to three years of imprisonment and a fine of 45,000 euros when the provocation was followed by effects.

Secretary of State Sabrina Agresti Roubache emphasized “evolution” sectarian excesses, notably the “conspiracy sphere” on the Internet. The electric atmosphere has revived the wounds of the heated debates on the health pass and vaccines once morest Covid, with several skirmishes with the far right.

Having become a simple deputy once more, the former Minister of Health and government spokesperson Olivier Véran also attacked the “gurus” and to the controversial professor Didier Raoult, discredited by his peers following promoting hydroxychloroquine during the epidemic.

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