The outlines of the bill

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.

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