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With the dissolution of the Assembly, the law on “assisted dying” threatened with erasure
Catherine Vautrin, Minister of Labor, Health and Solidarity, during the examination of the bill relating to support for the sick and the end of life, in Paris, June 7, 2024.…
how MPs relaxed the criteria opening the right to “assisted dying”
Discussion of the bill relating to support for the sick and the end of life, at the National Assembly, in Paris, June 7, 2024. LAURE BOYER / HANS LUCAS A…
the National Assembly adopted article 5 of the bill which establishes and defines assisted dying
The Minister of Health, Catherine Vautrin, speaks during a question session to the government at the National Assembly, in Paris, June 4, 2024. GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT / AFP After…
Assisted dying: first steps in the assembly chamber, in search of the right “balance”
Arthur de Laborde with AFP / Photo credits: GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT / AFP 7:52 a.m., May 27, 2024 The National Assembly begins examining the end-of-life bill in plenary session…
No overall increase in cancer risk for children born under assisted reproduction, according to a large study
This study, which covers more than 8.5 million children born in France between 2010 and 2021, is one of the largest carried out to date on the subject. Scientists from…
“Robert Badinter would have supported this text” on assisted dying, assures Elisabeth Badinter
Republican guards carry the coffin of former Minister of Justice Robert Badinter during a national tribute ceremony in his honor in front of the Ministry of Justice, on Place Vendôme,…
VIDEO Don’t forget the words: Faustine Nogheretto’s ex-companion, who resorted to assisted suicide, arrives on the show
By Emma Vanpoulle | Editor Emma Vanpoulle, to serve you! Particularly bad at mathematics and physical sciences at school, my professional path naturally led me towards the path of writing.…
find the answers to your questions after the presentation of the bill on assisted dying to the Council of Ministers
Will the patient’s treating physician be systematically consulted before making a decision? Emmanuel No, the patient’s treating physician will not, in any case necessarily, be systematically consulted before the decision.…
TESTIMONY – “Will anyone dare tell me to put an end to it?” : assisted dying, an anguish for some patients
Yasmina Kattou // Photo credit: CAIA IMAGE / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / NEW / Science Photo Library via AFP 9:10 a.m., April 10, 2024 The end-of-life bill continues its journey…
“Before access to assisted dying is opened, we will have increased palliative care”
The Minister of Labor, Health and Solidarity, Catherine Vautrin, in Paris, April 4, 2024. KAMIL ZIHNIOGLU FOR “THE WORLD” Presented as the societal reform of Emmanuel Macron’s second five-year term,…
bring together without naming them assisted suicide and euthanasia
History of an expression. Obviously, it is important to choose your words carefully when talking about death. This is surely why, in parallel with the various consultations carried out between…
“The patient’s wishes have priority and they must be assisted when they are expressed with awareness and consistency”
HASBefore turning to the issues raised by the “assisted dying” bill, it is good to place them in their more global context. What do we do with death in our…