PARIS, 11 Mar: French president Emmanuel Macron has announced new legislation to legalize \u201caid in dying\u201d that will allow adults facing end-of-life illness to take lethal medication, a first in the country.
\nThe move follows last year\u2019s report indicating that most French citizens support legalizing end-of-life options.
\nIn an interview published Monday by French newspapers La Croix and Liberation, Macron said the new bill will be restricted to adults suffering from an incurable illness who are expected to die in the \u201cshort or middle-term\u201d and who are suffering \u201cintractable\u201d physical or psychological pain.
\nMacron said the law will offer \u201ca possible path, in a determined situation, with precise criteria, where the medical decision is playing its role.\u201d
\nHe gave the example of of people with terminal cancer, some of whom until now have gone abroad to end their lives.
\nOnly people aged 18 or above who are capable of forming their own views will be allowed to get in the process, meaning those with severe psychiatric conditions and neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer\u2019s disease won\u2019t be eligible, Macron specified.
\nPatients who seek to enter the process will need to reconfirm their choice after 48 hours and they should then receive an answer from a medical team within two weeks maximum, Macron said. A doctor will then deliver a prescription, valid for three months, for the lethal medication.
\nPeople will be able to take the medication at home, at a nursing home or at a health care facility, Macron said.
\nIf their physical condition doesn\u2019t allow them to do it alone, they will be allowed to get help from someone of their choice or by a doctor or a nurse.
\nMacron said the new bill will refer to \u201caid in dying \u2026 because it\u2019s simple and humane,\u201d rather than terms like euthanasia or medically assisted suicide. (AP)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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