France the Latest European Country to Consider Assisted Suicide

France the latest European country to consider assisted suicide

Since Monday, the French Senate has been debating whether to approve controversial legislation that will allow for assisted suicide, with the vote due to take place on Wednesday. After a lengthy and technical legislative process, the Senate is debating a bill that would change the law around assisted suicide to make it possible under certain conditions, as well as a law seeking to improve palliative care in the country.  The Senate rejected an e…

Ahead of vote in France, bishop calls for prayer and fasting to defeat euthanasia bill

The bishop of Bayonne, Lescar, and Oloron, Marc Aillet, appealed to the faithful to pray and fast on May 13 for the defeat of the bill, which would legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide. [...]

Ahead of vote in France, bishop calls for prayer to defeat euthanasia bill

Earlier this year, on Feb. 25, the French National Assembly approved after a second reading a bill aimed at legalizing euthanasia and assisted suicide in the country.Called a “right to assistance in dying,” the initiative seeks to legalize the administration of lethal medications to patients who wish to end their lives.The proposed bill will be considered once again in the Senate on May 11–13, coinciding with the feast of Our Lady of Fátima on t…