Marking a significant milestone in the field of social reform in France, the historic bill on the "right to assisted dying," which allows individuals suffering from severe illnesses to end their lives by their own will, has received final approval fr
Accordingly, this bill, which passed its first reading in the National Assembly by a majority vote in May 2025, was also debated in various rounds throughout 2026. Concurrently with this law, an additional law granting equal rights to all for patient care services (palliative care) had also been almost unanimously passed and promulgated in May 2026.
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People- Emmanuel Macron2
- Macron2
- Sebastien Lecornu
- Olivier Falorni
Organisations- National Assembly2
- Senate2
- Constitutional Council
- French Parliament
- Healthcare
- French
- DW
Places- France2
- United States
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Switzerland
- Australia
- Belgium
- Canada
Keywords- ill2
- voluntarily
- terminally
- seriously
- approval
- assisted
- patients
- adults
- passes
- allow
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