US EditionFrance’s National Assembly adopts long-debated bill legalizing end-of-life options
- France's National Assembly approved a right-to-die bill on May 27, 2025, in Paris allowing adults with incurable illnesses to receive lethal medication under strict conditions.
- The bill follows years of debate and pressure from advocacy groups seeking to align with neighboring countries where assisted dying is legal, while facing opposition from religious and conservative groups.
- If passed in the Senate, the law would permit self-administration of a lethal substance prescribed by a doctor after medical confirmation and patient reflection, excluding psychiatric or neurodegenerative patients.
- The National Assembly approved the bill with 305 votes in favor and 199 against, and President Macron described the result as a significant move toward greater solidarity, while the government aims to secure a final vote by 2027.
- This legislation could end the need for French patients to travel abroad for aid in dying, placing France among a few European countries offering legal assisted dying amid ongoing debates and proposed palliative care reforms.
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