US EditionFrance: the Bill on the End of Life Emptied of Its Substance by the Senate
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After the disentanglement of the bill on the right to die by the Senate, the text will go back to the Assembly, which will have the last word, but at the end of many round trips between the two chambers.
On Wednesday, January 21, senators opposed the creation of any form of aid to die during the debate on the end of life, with the right-wing-dominated Chamber burying this major societal reform, but these bills will return the week of February 16th in the National Assembly Chamber.
An amendment tabled by relatives of Bruno Retailleau has completely rewritten the article on medical assistance in dying, evidencing it from its substance.
On Wednesday, senators opposed the creation of any form of help to die in the debate on the end of life, with the right-wing-dominated hemicycle burying this major societal reform, which should soon return to the National Assembly.
A large part of the right, opposed to any form of aid to die, voted against it. The Socialist Group is also opposed, because the proposed version was far removed from the system voted in the National Assembly last May.
The Senate's rejection on Wednesday of one of the central articles of the end-of-life bill virtually burys the debate on helping to die.
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