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Law on Assisted Dying Wins Constitutional Approval in France
The court set conditions for doctors and care facilities while clearing the way for Macron to enact the reform within 15 days.
- On Friday, France's Constitutional Council upheld the country's assisted dying law, removing the final legal obstacle for President Emmanuel Macron to promulgate the measure within 15 days.
- In a setback to the administration, the court struck down a proposed ban on social media access for children under 15, ruling the measure "constitutes an infringement that is neither appropriate, necessary, nor proportionate."
- The authority attached three interpretative conditions, allowing private healthcare facilities and pharmacists to refuse participation if assisted dying is "manifestly contrary" to their statutory mission or personal convictions.
- Elysee Palace hailed the assisted dying ruling as an "exemplary democratic debate," while former Prime Minister Gabriel Attal expressed disappointment, vowing to fight social media's "deadly poison for our children."
- Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu will work "as quickly as possible" on a new, "legally robust" social media draft aligned with the court's requirements and European regulatory frameworks.
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France's constitutional authority approves assisted-dying law
·Cape Town, South Africa
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In France, a bill allowing adults with serious, incurable illnesses to end their lives with medical assistance under certain conditions has been approved by the Constitutional Council.
·Istanbul, Türkiye
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(Paris=Yonhap News) Correspondent Song Jin-won = On the 14th (local time), the French constitutional judgment body [regarding] adult patients suffering from incurable diseases who wish to end their own lives with medical assistance...
·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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In its opinion, the Constitutional Council also justifies the annulment of this cardinal article of the law because it considers that it has not provided for the ...
·Madrid, Spain
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