The Prime Minister wishes to emphasize palliative care in a dedicated text, more consensual than that on assisted suicide and euthanasia. The most fervent supporters of this legalization, including the President of the Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, oppose this method.
On the “end of life”, François Bayrou wants to change his method. Finished the single bill, the examination of which was interrupted on June 9 by the dissolution of the National Assembly. Place two texts, corresponding to its two parts: one devoted to the legalization of “active assistance in dying” – that is to say assisted suicide and euthanasia under strict conditions –, the other dedicated to palliative care efforts.
These are two very distinct subjects, according to the head of government. The first relates to a “question of conscience», Explains those around him; the second of a “society's duty towards our loved ones who are going through this ordeal». More “the examinations of the two texts will be carried out at the same parliamentary time», Indicates the Prime Minister's office. Without specifying whether these would be bills, tabled by the government, or legislative proposals, left to the initiative of parliamentarians.
François Bayrou presented his choice on Tuesday…
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