French PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron supports the draft law (RUU) on Ending Life with Medical Assistance. The government submitted the proposed regulations to parliament in May.
Neighboring countries France, Switzerland, Belgium and the Netherlands were the first to implement regulations. However, France rejected it due to pressure from the Catholic Church.
The Claeys-Leonetti law on the end of life, adopted in 2016, allows the administration of deep sedation but only for people whose prognosis is threatened in the short term.
In an interview with the Liberation newspaper, Macron said he did not want to call the bill euthanasia or assisted suicide, but preferred it to be called helping to die.
“In fact, this does not create any new rights or freedoms. “However, this explores a path that has not existed until now and opens up the possibility of requesting assistance when dying under certain strict conditions,” he said.
Macron said these requirements must be met and the medical team will assess and ensure the decision criteria are appropriate. This regulation, if passed by the French parliament, will only apply to adults who are capable of making decisions and have a life-threatening prognosis in the medium term, such as terminal cancer.
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“Family members can also appeal the decision,” Macron said.
This bill was drafted based on the work of a group of 184 randomly selected French citizens who debated this issue. As many as 76% of them allow assisted dying for those who want it.
The decision to discuss the bill comes after an abortion rights law was enshrined in the French constitution earlier this month. Macron has sought to cement his image as a social reformer just three months before June’s European parliamentary elections. His party trails more than 10 points behind the right-wing Rassemblement National in opinion polls. (France24/Z-3)
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