Various voices are being raised against the legalisation of euthanasia and assisted suicide: politicians, health workers, as well as citizens including those facing handicap. Although far from exhaustive, these stated positions reveal the profound fractures relating...
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Alliance VITA Auditioned by the French Senate on the End of Life
At the request of the French Senate information mission on the end of life, Alliance VITA was auditioned on Wednesday 22nd March 2023 at the Luxembourg Palace.
Parliamentary Mission on the End of Life: Alliance VITA Auditioned
On 30th January 2023, several Alliance VITA representatives were auditioned by the parliamentary evaluation mission for the French National Assembly on the Claeys-Leonetti law.
No Consensus in Sight for Legalizing Euthanasia in France
Earlier this month President Emmanuel Macron declared to the actress, Line Renaud, in regard to euthanasia: “This is the time for it, so it will be done.”
End-of-Life: More Vigilance Needed with New French PM
On May 16, 2022, Emmanuel Macron appointed Elisabeth Borne to serve as Prime Minister for his second five-year term as President of France. This appointment has pushed Alliance VITA to maintain its vigilance on the subject of the end-of-life. Before his re-election,...
End-of-life Policies Manipulated for Political Gain
According to Richard Ferrand, the president of the French National Assembly, and a supporter of President Macron, "the right to die with dignity" will be Emmanuel Macron’s "huge social reform" if he is re-elected for another 5-year term. Announced on “France Info”,...
Film on Assisted Suicide: “Everything Went Well”?
On September 22, following a large marketing campaign, the film “Everything went well” based on Emmanuèle Bernheim’s 2013 book about helping her father die after suffering a stroke, was released in French cinemas. In interviews, the director François Ozon...
Euthanasia: another Ideological Assault in the French Senate
On March 3rd the Senate Social Affairs Committee is scheduled to examine a bill entitled "the right to die with dignity," a phrase manipulated to promote the legalization of euthanasia and assisted suicide. Tabled by Marie-Pierre de la Gontrie, a Socialist senator...