In Le Journal du dimanche of May 21, Minister Agnès Firmin Le Bodo clarified the contours of the bill on active assistance in dying that she will present “before September 21”:
The text will fix three “red lines”: access to assisted dying will be limited to adult patients whose vital prognosis is committed in the medium term and whose discernment is intact.
Doctors will be able to enforce a conscience clause and any patient who requests active assistance in dying must first be offered palliative care.
The project must ensure “traceability from A to Z” by a priori and a posteriori control of the procedures giving right to active assistance in dying.