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Euthanasia: Progressive Victory in Sight as the Right Abandons the Battlefield
The controversial French euthanasia bill was passed by the National Assembly in May 2025 and is currently being reviewed by the Senate. Despite being considered more conservative, the Senate has unexpectedly decided to dramatically speed up the debate. Two bills are currently on the table: one on euthanasia and active assistance in dying, and the other on the development of palliative care. In a shake-up of the schedule, the Senate has chosen to…
The Senate "shall pretend to validate the principle of aid in dying", desolates the centrist at the origin of the text.
The conditions that would allow a doctor to deliver a lethal product to a patient who would request it will be at the heart of the debate.
In committee, the LR co-rapporteurs did not opt for a frontal opposition to helping to die. A choice that arouses disappointment within the right and among caregivers.
The Senate began on Tuesday the examination of two texts on the end of life: one provides for the legalization framed of the aid to die, the other aims to strengthen palliative care. Majority, the right has expressed lively...
As of Tuesday, January 20, 2026, Senators are considering two bills, one on palliative care, the other legalizing assisted suicide and euthanasia. The 300 or so amendments tabled by the upper house on this last bill show that the debate is far from closed.
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