Uruguay Senate Passes Euthanasia Bill
Uruguay allows euthanasia for incurable patients with unbearable suffering without life expectancy limits under strict safeguards, becoming the first in Catholic Latin America to legalize it by law.
- On Wednesday, October 15, 2025, the Uruguayan Senate approved the 'Dignified Death' bill legalizing euthanasia after a 10-hour debate, passing it 20-11 among 31 senators in Montevideo, Uruguay.
- Earlier this year the lower house approved the bill in August with a large majority after a five-year legislative process championed by Senator Ope Pasquet.
- Unlike other jurisdictions, the law requires mentally competent adult patients to be cleared by two independent physicians, with a three-doctor board including a psychiatrist resolving disagreements; euthanasia must be performed by a healthcare professional, patients must reconfirm before witnesses and may revoke consent.
- The law will take effect once the president signs it and it is published, requiring the National Integrated Health System to ensure access while allowing clinician conscientious objection.
- In regional context, Uruguay joins nations like the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Canada and New Zealand, while critics and the Catholic Church warned boundaries may be too loose and urged more palliative care.
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Uruguay legalized euthanasia on Wednesday, becoming one of the first Latin American countries to do so.
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