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Pope Leo voices alarm on assisted dying laws in France
- On Friday, Pope Leo reiterated the Catholic Church's opposition to assisted dying initiatives during an address at the Elysee Palace in Paris before French President Emmanuel Macron and other officials.
- France created a legal right to die two months ago, following years of intense national debate over the measure that allows patients with incurable illnesses to request lethal assistance.
- Pope Leo criticized what he termed "profit-driven ventures," warning that "science and technology" risk becoming means for "genetic manipulation, surrogacy, the trade in human organs or the possibility of arranging one's own death."
- Broad public support for the measure exists in France, though the Catholic Church and some medical professionals argued that legalizing assisted dying could pressure vulnerable individuals seeking autonomy at life's end.
- Assisted dying is already permitted in several European countries, illustrating divergence between the Catholic Church's stance on the "right to life" and various international legal frameworks permitting end-of-life choice.
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POPE Leo strongly condemned the law on assisted dying in France.
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