France: Assisted suicide plans criticised

Luke Randall  |  World
Date posted:  7 Nov 2025
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France: Assisted suicide plans criticised

Olivier Falorni, a French Parliamentarian championing assisted suicide. Photo: Wiki

Concerns have been raised about France’s proposed “Assistance in Dying Bill” by a United Nations (UN) committee.

The group has cited the impact it will have on disabled people as potentially problematic, along with the lack of alternative options to euthanasia and a lack of information on safeguards.

The National Assembly, the lower house of the French parliament approved the bill in its first reading earlier this year, by a vote of 305 to 199.

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