Posted on 12/17/2017 6:58:22 PM PST by marshmallow
ROME - Just days before the 11th anniversary of the death of an Italian man whose battle to be allowed to die stimulated wide debate in the country over euthanasia, the Italian senate on Thursday approved a “living wills” measure strongly backed by right-to-die advocates.
For the Catholic Church here, the vote marks a third major political setback in the last two years, coming on the heels of its failures to block adoption of civil unions in 2016, which the Church saw as a step toward gay marriage, and to push through a ius soli law granting immigrant children citizenship by birth, which came with Pope Francis’s personal blessing.
In many ways, Thursday’s result caps a political movement in Italy that began in 2006, when poet and painter Piergiorgio Welby publicly declared his wish to die as a result of the muscular dystrophy that had plagued him since he was a teen. The case generated wide controversy, which continued after his death on Dec. 20, 2006 - in part, because Welby was denied a church burial.
Under the new law, a “living will” is a written or video declaration of a person’s preferences regarding future medical treatment should he or she not be able to express informed consent. The proposal formally was brought before the Italian Senate on April 21, and adopted Thursday with 180 votes in favor.
The push for the law was led by the Italian Radical Party and the Associazione Luca Coscioni, of which Welby was co-president. The new legislation reflects a large portion of the Italian population’s views, with recent polls showing between 70 and 80 percent in favor.
Where things stand
The new law, along with its 3,000 amendments, is an effort to walk a fine line between the more permissive legislation in some European....
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They’re all just a bunch of septuagenarian faggots. Screw them,
“The new law, along with its 3,000 amendments,”
What could possibly go wrong?
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So says the pope who claims he doesn't get involved in politics. He washed his hands when queer marriage came up for a vote in Ireland and Italy, but he'll jump at the chance to support the islamization of Europe.
WTF?!?!? lol
It’s like you have to start making crazy ones up to reach that number.
Can die if it’s a Tuesday :)
I’ve read they have roaming death vans in Sweden. Don’t really need to prove much in the way of sickness.
I booked a flight several times there while obummer was in office, but backed out at the last minute every time.
“I don’t want to get on the cart. I feel happy!”
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