Will there be a reform of the law on the end of life? While the draft of this text was to be finalized at the end of summer 2023, it should not be discussed in the National Assembly before January or February 2024. In question, the inclusion of voluntary termination of pregnancy in the Constitution, which must appear on the parliamentary agenda at the start of winter.
But doubt persists about the content of this reform, as well as the timetable. A first version, consulted by The world, included under certain conditions the possibility of injecting a lethal substance. Ultimately, this provision could be deleted and submitted to the Council of State while members of the government are instead pleading for the organization of a referendum.
In the meantime, end of life in France remains governed in particular by the “Claeys-Léonetti” law of 2016, which nevertheless seems to have shown certain limits after the lively debates around the cases of Vincent Lambert, Alain Cocq, or even the legalization of euthanasia in Spain, in 2021. Moreover, in the final report of the citizens’ convention on the end of life, the participants spoke out, in the vast majority, in favor of access to assisted suicide and euthanasia.
In this video, we explain precisely what the current law allows you to do. And if you want to know more, we refer you to the collection of testimonials from caregivers below. Whether they are for or against, they talk about how they formed a conviction on this subject.
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