Spain passes law legalising euthanasia
The Mediterranean country is the fourth European nation to decriminalise assisted suicide.
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The Mediterranean country is the fourth European nation to decriminalise assisted suicide.
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission shared its views with the Oireachtas Justice Committee.
It still faces a vote in the Senate early in 2021 where it is also expected to pass.
Gino Kenny’s Dying With Dignity Bill passed through the Dáil recently – we look at the journey to get there, and what happens next.
The Dáil voted to send the Dying with Dignity Bill to committee stage earlier this week.
The Dying with Dignity Bill passed to committee stage last night.
The vote was passed by 81 votes to 71 meaning the bill will now proceed to committee stage.
TDs will vote today on whether to approve a bill that would legalise assisted dying.
The Dying with Dignity Bill will be subject to a Dáil vote on Wednesday.
TDs are set to debate the Dying with Dignity Bill 2020 in the Dáil today.
New legislation could soon see assisted dying legalised in Ireland.
The bill is set to be debated next Thursday.
Independent TD John Halligan introduced ‘right to die’ legislation in the Dáil today.
Tom Curran said TDs are ‘willing to break ranks’ to support his right-to-die law.
An independent panel funded by the author Terry Pratchett criticised the current legal status of assisted suicide as “inadequate and incoherent”.