The ethics committee judges this Tuesday, September 13 possible active assistance in dying strictly supervised. A sensitive subject on which Emmanuel Macron spoke during a meeting with the press Monday afternoon in Nanterre. For the President of the Republic, it is time to “ to move ” about this question.
The end of life is a subject on which Emmanuel Macron has often been criticized not to have advanced. But the president says to assume “for not having made a reform in the previous five-year term, explains Valerie Gas, from the political service of RFI. Currently, Emmanuel Macron is no longer in the same state of mind, even if he remains cautious about how to approach this question that he judges “ complicated and which causes dissension among health professionals themselves.
The President of the Republic affirms that his personal opinion matters little, but judges that the current system is ” imperfect ” because there is ” inhuman situations that persist “. The question of adults suffering from incurable diseases must in particular find an answer.
A citizens’ convention and work between parliamentarians
The president therefore announces the launch in October of a citizens’ convention on the end of life. At the same time, work will take place with the different parliamentary sensitivities. ” All of this work will make it possible to consider, if necessary, the clarifications and changes to our legal framework by the end of 2023. “Said the Elysée this morning. The objective is to change the legal framework by the end of 2023. How? A referendum is not excluded.
The Ethics Committee ruled on Tuesday that a “ active assistance in dying could apply in France, but under certain strict conditions “. If a new end-of-life law were to be discussed in France, “ there is a way for an ethical application of active assistance in dying “, declared during a press conference Alain Claeys, one of the rapporteurs of an opinion delivered Tuesday by the committee.
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