Macron Floats Possible Referenda, Party Leaders Remain Divided
French parties proposed referenda on immigration, compulsory military service, pension reforms, and euthanasia in response to President Macron’s call for a “cycle of discussions.”
French parties proposed referenda on immigration, compulsory military service, pension reforms, and euthanasia in response to President Macron’s call for a “cycle of discussions.”
Finland is falling behind other Western countries by not legalising assisted dying, a Finnish doctor has stated, challenging Finland’s right-wing coalition government.
Through Alex S.’s actions, ten people died after ingesting the deadly powder, while investigators revealed his so-called ‘suicide kits’ had been sold to about 1,600 people.
The association Right to Die with Dignity lamented the “lack of commitment” to assisted suicide by private health providers.
Medical personnel “literally approach everyone who may qualify for MAiD and ask them if they want to die,” the director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition said to explain the steep rise in numbers.
The twin issues of legalised abortion and legalised euthanasia, two sides of the same coin, have proved to be the most slippery of slippery slopes and the thinnest edges of very short wedges.
“The president of the republic has issued the decree … as he was obliged to do” by the constitution, the presidency said in a statement on May 17th.
The Left and Centre are unanimously in favour of what they see as progress for society; on the Right, the prospect of legalising euthanasia faces strong opposition.
Everything has been done by the French government to prevent a balanced debate on the end of life, and to ensure a pro-euthanasia outcome.
This is not the first time that the court has found the euthanasia law too vague.
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