French President Emmanuel Macron has announced new legislation to legalize “aid in dying” that will allow adults facing end-of-life illness to take lethal medication.
FILE - France's President Emmanuel Macron attend a media conference ahead of a working lunch with Moldova's President Maia Sandu at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Thursday March 7, 2024. French President Emmanuel Macron has announced new legislation to legalize aid in dying that will allow adults facing end-of-life illness to take lethal medication.
He gave the example of of people with terminal cancer, some of whom until now have gone abroad to end their lives. People will be able to take the medication at home, at a nursing home or at a health care facility, Macron said. Medically assisted suicide involves patients taking, of their own free will, a lethal drink or medication that has been prescribed by a doctor to those who meet certain criteria. Euthanasia involves doctors or other health practitioners giving patients who meet certain criteria a lethal injection at their own request.
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