Will assisted suicide and euthanasia soon be permitted in France? For the moment, Emmanuel Macron hasn’t done it yethas decided whether these ideas will appear in the end-of-life bill expected by the end of the year. The government has been preparing this text for several months in response to requests from certain stakeholders, such as:Academy of Medicine and that Citizens’ Convention on the End of Lifewho want further development of the current legislation.

Currently, the Claeys-Leonetti law, passed in 2016 after four years of debate, allows in certain cases “deep and continuous sedation until death”. The patient is placed in a coma and his treatments, including fluids and nutrition, are interrupted until his death, which can occur after several days.

In this video we go through the arguments that explain why this law is controversial and that argue for a new text.

If you would like to know more about how the French justice system today deals with cases of euthanasia and secret assisted suicide, we refer you to the following survey.