2023-09-08 20:50:43
Change of program. The presentation of the bill on “active assistance in dying”, scheduled for the end of the summer according to the government, has been postponed for a few days due to the upcoming visit of Pope Francis to Marseille, indicate Le Figaro et France info this Friday.
According to Le Figaro, the text was to be presented on September 21. But this date falls just before Pope Francis’ visit to Marseille, planned for September 22 and 23.
The 86-year-old pope is expected in Marseille to conclude the Mediterranean Meetings, a cycle of conferences bringing together several representatives of religions and “movements committed to ecology and dialogue”, indicate the organizers.
Project postponed to the end of September
The head of the Catholic Church, openly opposed to the legalization of euthanasia and assisted suicide, will also have to meet President Emmanuel Macron on September 22. Reason why the Ministry of Health will unveil its bill on the subject between September 26 and 28, according to Le Figaro.
In April, the president announced that he wanted a bill on active assistance in dying by the end of summer 2023. For its work, the government relied in particular on a report designed by the citizens’ convention on the end of life, made up of 184 citizens drawn at random.
This bill must be presented by Agnès Firmin Le Bodo, Minister Delegate responsible for territorial organization and health professions, who is leading the file. It will include “three components”, she detailed in August to France Info: one on “palliative care”, one on “personal rights and patient support” and one on “active assistance to die “.
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