Mercy to terminally ill patients/
France
French
lawmakers voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday in favour of a law allowing medics to
place terminally ill patients into a deep sleep until they die.
The law, which has re-ignited the deeply divisive debate about euthanasia, also makes "living wills" - drafted by
people who do not want to be kept alive artificially if they are too ill to
decide - legally binding on doctors.
"Sleep before death to
avoid suffering," said MP Jean Leonetti, summing up the law he proposed.
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