Geopolitics of death: mapping the debate on the end of life

In France, parliamentary discussions on the bill on accompanying the sick and the end of life — abruptly interrupted by the accidental dissolution of the National Assembly — resumed in the Social Affairs Committee on Tuesday, 25 March. Prime Minister François Bayrou ultimately chose to abandon the original government text and instead to go through two separate legislative proposals — the first on palliative care, carried by Deputy Annie Vidal (T…