Nathalie Baye signs, alongside 108 personalities, Le Manifeste des 109. This is an open letter which calls for reform of the law on the end of life in France.
On April 2, the Citizens’ Convention on the end of life must deliver its conclusions. At a time when the verdict is fast approaching, several personalities sign The 109 Manifestoan open letter shared by our colleagues from The Obs which calls for a reform of the law on the end of life in France. An initiative that is reminiscent of the manifesto signed fifty years ago by 343 women, public or anonymous, to demand the legalization of abortion.
Under current legislation, many people choose to go to a neighboring country to receive this type of assistance.. To change things, no less than 109 personalities from all walks of life, including Laure Adler, Nathalie Baye, Annie Ernaux, Françoise Hardy, François Ozon, Éric Cantona, Line Renaud, Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Franck Dubosc, have signed this manifesto. “They ask their doctor to help them die and meet with a refusal, condemned to suffer a long and painful end of life, in contradiction with their free and considered will. “, write the 109 in the manifesto shared by our colleagues from The Obs.
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Nathalie Baye: “Death must belong to us”
For having witnessed the agony of her hospitalized mother, Nathalie Baye says she is completely in favor of active assistance in dying. “My mother was dying surrounded by dying people. I loved her and I couldn’t bear that she was treated like that, that she was left to die in this chaos.she confides in the columns of The Obs. And to add: I don’t see the point of prolonging the suffering: the physical suffering (perhaps contained by medication), but above all the psychological suffering. Life belongs to us. death too. And if one day, I myself am in this state, I would like, in the same way, that we stop the comedy of life. Finished, what. »
The filmmaker Benoît Cohen also evokes his personal experience in the text to call for change. “How is it still possible that people who wish to avoid the suffering of a loved one are considered murderers? That relieving his father could be likened to parricide? »he explains. As a reminder, French law does not authorize euthanasia or assisted suicide. A jurisdiction that pushes some patients to go to Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg or Spain to benefit from this service.