Aid to Die: Members Voted on the Five Cumulative Conditions for a Sick Person to Be Eligible

Three long days of debate were required for Members to determine the main criteria for access to help to die. At the heart of the discussion was the question of age, the need for a vital prognosis, the degree of suffering or the expression of a free and enlightened will.

The right will be granted to adults, French or residents, if they are suffering from a "serious and incurable condition" in "advanced" or "terminal", if they have "physical or psychological suffering", and if they are able to manifest their will in a free and enlightened manner.

MAINTENANCE. Neurologist Valerie Mesnage considers it inadequate to require, for a help to die, a proximity with the natural end of the person requesting it.

The Consulta has established that suicide aid is only permitted for patients who need vital support treatment.

On Thursday, Members of Parliament took part in a more supervised procedure, requiring compulsory consultation between doctors before any decision was taken. The elected representatives changed in depth the initial arrangements for the accompaniment of the end of life. From now on, a college of professionals will have to meet to examine each request for aid in dying. This body will include at least [...] L á article End of life: the Assembly str…

Paris - Before obtaining a request for help in dying or not, a doctor will have to call a meeting with at least one specialist and a caregiver, and no longer produce a written opinion, decided Thursday 22 May the deputies