POLL: Are you in favour of making Euthanasia legal?
Thursday, May 10, 2018
A Debate has opened in Spanish Parliament about the possibility of decriminalising euthanasia.
All parties who voted in Congress except the reigning PP, which is in a minority, and the Navarra regional party UPN, pronounced their support for the move proposed by the regional Parliament of Catalunya.
Centre-right Ciudadanos chose not to vote.
The proposal calls for a reform of Article 143.4 of Spain's Penal Code, which currently applies a murder charge for anyone who helps a terminally-ill patient, or a person with an incurable condition that causes extreme physical or mental suffering, die upon request.
This reform would mean assisted suicide would cease to be a crime and would no longer carry the current two- to five-year prison sentence for anyone who aids an attempt which is unsuccessful, or from six to 10 years if the assistance results in the patient's death. Full story here
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