Posted on 05/14/2023 6:45:50 PM PDT by marshmallow
The euthanasia law, pushed by Portugal's Socialist Party, could go into effect this fall.
LISBON (LifeSiteNews) — Lawmakers in Portugal have voted to legalize euthanasia in certain cases, overriding a previous veto from the country’s president.
On Friday, a law that has been debated and vetoed with various updates in recent years was finally enacted, allowing for euthanasia to be legal in specified circumstances. The new law permits individuals over age 18 to obtain euthanasia if they are suffering “lasting” and “unbearable” pain or enduring a terminal illness.
Only legal residents are able to request euthanasia, preventing non-citizens from traveling into Portugal to access medically-induced death. Those who are pursuing euthanasia also must not be suffering from a mentally illness, which leaves allowance of administering euthanasia subject to an individual’s mental health.
The law was passed with the influence of the Socialist Party, which holds an absolute majority in Portugal’s parliament, and may go into effect in the fall of this year.
The largely Catholic country’s anti-life legislation comes years after similar proposals were initially introduced, always failing at the hands of President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. His most recent veto came on April 20, when the nation’s leader rejected the fourth draft of the euthanasia bill.
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Good!
Sick
Dr. assisted suicude, abortion on demand, rampant drug ODs. Zee Klaus plans is veerkink. Not sure where the suicide bill is in the NevaDUH legislature process. Will Lombardo sign it?
Lawmakers should be the first ones euthanized.
I’d like to see Gyorgy Schwartz euthanized instead.
You beat me to it.
My first thought was that all lawmakers who vote for euthanasia should immediately report to the euthanasia center after the bill is finalized.
It's rather hypocritical if they don't.
Portugal wanted to join rest of Europe.
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