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LISBON, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) The Portuguese parliament approved on Friday the legalization of euthanasia practiced or helped by health professionals in the country with 136 votes of deputies in favor and 78 against, in addition to four abstentions.
According to the bill, a person aged over 18 can be medically assisted in death whose will is current and reiterated, serious, free and enlightened, in a situation of intolerable suffering, with a definite injury of extreme severity in accordance with scientific consensus or incurable and fatal disease.
The bill, which also guarantees that doctors and nurses can refuse to assist in euthanasia due to conscientious objection, now goes to President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who may veto, send it to the Constitutional Court or even promulgate directly.
The Portuguese parliament approved on Friday the legalization of euthanasia practiced or helped by health professionals in the country with 136 votes of deputies in favor and 78 against, in addition to four abstentions.
According to the bill, a person aged over 18 can be medically assisted in death whose will is current and reiterated, serious, free and enlightened, in a situation of intolerable suffering, with a definite injury of extreme severity in accordance with scientific consensus or incurable and fatal disease.
The bill, which also guarantees that doctors and nurses can refuse to assist in euthanasia due to conscientious objection, now goes to President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who may veto, send it to the Constitutional Court or even promulgate directly.
Euthanasia law approved By TPN/Lusa, in News · 30-01-2021 14:00:00 · 3 Comments
The Portuguese Parliament has approved the decriminalisation of medically assisted death, with the votes from a large part of the PS, BE, PAN, PEV, Liberal Initiative and 14 PSD deputies and votes against from the CDS, Chega and PCP.
In total, 136 deputies voted in favor, 78 against and four abstained.
While the vote has been praised by many, the Portuguese Episcopal Conference has expressed “sadness and indignation” at the approval in parliament of the decriminalisation of medically assisted death. The Portuguese bishops express their sadness and indignation at the parliamentary approval of the law authorising euthanasia and assisted suicide. This sadness and indignation are compounded by the fact that a form of death caused
The Portuguese Parliament has approved the legalisation of euthanasia "practiced or helped by health professionals" in the country with 136 votes of deputies in favour and 78 against, in addition to four abstentions.According to the .