Macron Signs Euthanasia Law in France

French President Emmanuel Macron has approved a law legalizing euthanasia in France, according to the official newspaper Journal Officiel.

Consensus

Emmanuel Macron signed the law legalizing euthanasia in France.
The law was approved by the French parliament in mid-July.
The Constitutional Council of France ruled the law constitutional on August 14.
The law applies to adults who are French citizens or have permanent residency in France.
Patients must be suffering from a serious, incurable, terminal or progressive illness with unbearable physical suffering.
Patients must be able to make a conscious decision until the end of their life.
The law allows patients to self-administer a lethal substance in the presence of a medical professional, or have it administered if they are physically unable to do so.
The law came into effect after more than four years of debate.

The law applies only to patients in the final stage of an incurable illness who experience suffering that cannot be treated. — fontanka
The law was opposed by religious groups and some medical workers. — vesti
France joins a group of 12 countries that allow euthanasia in various forms, with the Netherlands and Belgium having had such measures for over twenty years. — vesti