French President Emmanuel Macron announced today, Sunday, that a bill opening the possibility for "assisted dying under strict conditions" will be presented to the Cabinet in April for a first reading by the National Assembly in May. Macron told the newspapers La Croix and Libération that adult patients who are "fully capable of discernment" and suffering from "an incurable terminal illness with no possibility of alleviating their suffering" will be able to "request assistance to die."
Excluded from this option will be minors and individuals with psychological or neurological disorders that affect their ability to discern, such as Alzheimer's disease. If a positive collective opinion is obtained from a medical team, a lethal substance will be prescribed to the individual, who will be able to consume it themselves or with the assistance of another person if they are "physically unable."
