Spain’s Parliament has voted to approve a Bill that will allow medic-assisted suicide and euthanasia for long-suffering patients of incurable diseases or unbearable permanent conditions.
The Bill, which was backed by Spain’s left-wing coalition government and several other parties, passed in a 198-138 vote.
The conservative Popular Party and the far-right Vox party voted “No”.
The Bill will now continue its legislative journey, facing a vote in the Senate, where it is also expected to pass.
According to the draft of the law approved by the lower house, it will not go into effect until three months after being published in the government gazette.
Spain’s Parliament has voted to approve a Bill that will allow medic-assisted suicide and euthanasia for long-suffering patients of incurable diseases or unbearable permanent conditions.
The Bill, which was backed by Spain’s left-wing coalition government and several other parties, passed in a 198-138 vote.
The conservative Popular Party and the far-right Vox party voted “No”.
The Bill will now continue its legislative journey, facing a vote in the Senate, where it is also expected to pass.
According to the draft of the law approved by the lower house, it will not go into effect until three months after being published in the government gazette.
Spain’s Parliament has voted to approve a Bill that will allow medic-assisted suicide and euthanasia for long-suffering patients of incurable diseases or unbearable permanent conditions.
The Bill, which was backed by Spain’s left-wing coalition government and several other parties, passed in a 198-138 vote.
The conservative Popular Party and the far-right Vox party voted “No”.
The Bill will now continue its legislative journey, facing a vote in the Senate, where it is also expected to pass.
According to the draft of the law approved by the lower house, it will not go into effect until three months after being published in the government gazette.
In a historic vote, Spainâs lower house of parliament on Thursday gave majority backing to the countryâs first euthanasia law.
The bill regulating the right to a dignified death attracted cross-party support and was approved on first reading with 198-138 votes and two abstentions. It will now go to the Senate, and if no amendments are introduced, it could go into effect in the early months of 2021. This would make Spain the sixth country in the world to recognize this right after the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Canada and New Zealand. In Switzerland, assisted suicide âfrom non-selfish motivesâ is legal.
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