US EditionPortuguese parliament votes to legalise limited euthanasia
- Portugal has passed a law legalising euthanasia for people in great suffering and with incurable diseases, becoming one of the few countries in the world to do so.
- The law allows people over 18 to request assistance in dying if they are terminally ill and experiencing unbearable pain, but only if they are deemed mentally fit to make such a decision and are nationals or legal residents of Portugal.
- The law could come into force by autumn, but some critics are concerned about the potential for moral objections from doctors and hope to challenge the law through the Constitutional Court.
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With Portugal, the fifth EU country is legalizing active euthanasia. After long and heated debates, Parliament passed a corresponding law — the wording was fought over until the very end.
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After a long fight, the Portuguese parliament on Friday approved the legalization of euthanasia in people with serious, incurable diseases who want to end their suffering, reports The Guardian. The move, previously rejected by Conservative President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, divided the country deeply Catholic.
Portuguese parliament legalises euthanasia for people over 18
Portuguese parliament on Friday approved legislation allowing euthanasia for people who are aged 18 and suffering from intolerable pain and terminal illnesses. With this, Portugal joins the list of a small number of other nations that have made euthanasia or assisted suicide legal. It includes the Benelux nations and Portugal's neighbor, Spain.
Deeply Catholic Portugal, after long discussions, has allowed euthanasia for those with unbearable suffering.
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