End of life: members of the citizens’ convention come out in favor of euthanasia or assisted suicide

The citizens’ convention voted 78% to authorize active assistance in dying in France. In concrete terms, its members pave the way for assisted suicide, to allow patients to self-administer lethal substances or to authorize a doctor to do so. All opinions were freely expressed. “I am more open to assisted suicide, because it relieves doctors of responsibility, and it leaves patients a free choice.“, thinks a man.

Procedures must be followed

“My opinion at the beginning was mixed and now it is against it, because my fear is that there will be medical excesses”, entrust another. As a safeguard, the members set the condition of the consent of the patient, who must also be accompanied by a medical and psychological team. These procedures must be validated by a control team. They must respect the conscience clause for doctors, which gives them the right to refuse to perform euthanasia.