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German lawmakers fail to agree on assisted suicide regulations
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German lawmakers rejected two cross-party proposals regarding assisted suicide in the country. Both proposals were rejected by margins of dozens of votes.
Active assistance — physically taking a patient’s life for them — is banned in Germany, but passive help, such as providing deadly medication for them to take themselves, has been a legal gray area.
Cross-party groups of lawmakers put forward two competing proposals for new rules. One option would have allowed for doctors to prescribe lethal medication between three and 12 weeks after an adult underwent obligatory counseling.
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