From the bench of Wide Front They intend to put pressure on the Senate to vote on the law that decriminalizes and regulates euthanasia and assisted suicide in the month of July in Health Commission to be able to advance to the Plenary as soon as possible, because they maintain that there are people waiting for a decision from the legislators.
At the beginning of October the Chamber of Deputies approved a law that decriminalizes and regulates euthanasia and assisted suicide, after extensive debate and arduous negotiations. Currently, the project is in Health Commission of the Senate and it was expected that a vote could be taken before mid-year, a fact that has not yet occurred.
Due to the delay, the opposition assures that it is time to move forward with the vote within the commission and they hope it will happen in the month of July.
“A very important number of organizations, institutions and professionals have already been heard presenting their point of view on the project to the commission,” the Frente-Amplista senator assured Channel 5. Jose Nunes.
For this reason, the Broad Front understands that a position on the matter should be taken as soon as possible. “There are people who are waiting for a decision and we have the responsibility of giving them a response, whether we are in favor of or against the project, and close at least this process of consideration of the issue,” the senator remarked.
A project that causes controversy
The project merges proposals from Colorado Party and the Wide Front and in October he obtained the transversal support of deputies from all parties to reach 57 votes out of a total of 96.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health assured that there are laws and regulations that meet the objective of the bill. From the portfolio they assure that the law is not needed because the portfolio has many areas and programs such as Palliative Care and that of Older adults.
The legislation aims to “regulate and guarantee the right of people to go through the dying process with dignity, in the circumstances it determines,” the text says.
The request for euthanasia will be enabled for people of legal age, mentally fit, who suffer “one or more chronic, incurable and irreversible pathologies or health conditions that seriously impair his quality of life, causing him suffering that is unbearable.
During the discussions, however, it was agreed to add that applicants must be transiting the “stage terminal” of the disease, with the sole exception of people with quadriplegia.
All health institutions are obliged to offer the service, but doctors can appeal to the “objection of awareness” to refuse, in which case the assistance center must appoint another professional.
Source: Ambito
