Helping to Die: MEPs Vote to Set up a Mandatory Meeting Between Caregivers

Mathilde François, vice-president of the anti-validist feminist collective Les Dévalideuses, on the Mediaa plateau, warns about the risks of the end-of-life bill, which is currently being debated in the Assembly.

As part of the end-of-life bill, MPs today voted an amendment strengthening the collegiality of health professionals. Before a request for assistance in dying is granted or not, a doctor will have to convene a meeting with a minimum of a specialist and a caregiver who will give their opinion. - Help to die: MPs vote to set up a mandatory meeting between caregivers (Health and well-being).

The deadlines and places for administering aid to die were also set on Thursday, 22 May, as part of the first reading of the text in the National Assembly.

On Thursday, MEPs voted for an amendment providing for a meeting between a doctor and, at a minimum, a specialist and a caregiver to decide on each application, and the original text required the simple collection of written opinions.

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