France To Draft Bill For Legalising "Active Assistance To Dying"
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The president tasked government with drafting a new law "by summer's end" after a public consultation showed openness to decriminalisation.
France could be the next European country to legalise euthanasia for the terminally ill after President Emmanuel Macron on Monday called for a law on a "French model on the end of life" within months.
The president tasked government with drafting a new law "by summer's end" after a public consultation showed openness to decriminalisation.
Mr Macron's intervention marks a welcome change on an issue close to his heart, after facing months of protests over a massively controversial pension reform.
The committee of 184 French citizens -- which had been tasked by the presidency with drawing up a non-binding recommendation -- on Sunday approved legalising "active assistance to dying".
