Right to Aid in Dying: After the Vote in the Assembly, What Is the Course of the Law?

Senators could consider it at first reading this fall, with a power of amendment.

Members of the National Assembly approved at first reading the law establishing for the first time a right to help die in the country.

The French National Assembly passed a law that opens the door to the right to die under certain conditions, after years of social and political debate.It is not euthanasia, but suicide assisted for the good of those who meet certain requirements.The issue, which has generated divided positions in government, society and virtually all parties, was approved with 305 votes in favour and 199 against.Although the text still needs to be ratified by th…

The bill was approved by 305 votes in favour and 199 against. The result of in-depth discussions, far from the polemics or invectives that the House is familiar with. The text must now be debated in the Senate.

The National Assembly approved at first reading this Tuesday the creation of a "right to help die", allowing this major societal reform, which has been in the process of being developed for several years, to take a step...

President Macron welcomes the vote as an "important step". The law must now pass through the Senate – where the majority of right-wing citizens may fail.