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Multiform opposition to euthanasia and assisted suicide

Multiform opposition to euthanasia and assisted suicide

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...

End-of-Life: More Vigilance Needed with New French PM

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

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”?

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

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...