It might help to broaden your perspective a bit and look at multiple sources, before you spread rumours like they are facts.
Under Emmanuel Macron, France has been debating a law on “assisted dying” (aide à mourir). This is not a general idea that “some people should be helped to die,” but a narrowly defined proposal.
The draft would apply only in very specific situations:
- Adults (18+)
- With a serious and incurable illness
- Often life-threatening or terminal
- Experiencing unbearable suffering
- Who make a voluntary and well-considered request
If approved, the patient would typically self-administer the medication. Only if physically unable would a doctor be allowed to assist.
For context, Netherlands already has a regulated system for euthanasia. This policy allowed my terminally ill grandmother to pass away with dignity. She hated her final days, being bedridden, in pain, and dependent on others for basic needs like taking a shit.
Because of this policy, she was able to say goodbye to everyone she loved, over 100 family members, and make her own decision. No one questioned her choice.
Honestly, that’s the kind of dignity and control I would want for myself if I would ever end up in that situation.
Under Emmanuel Macron, France has been debating a law on “assisted dying” (aide à mourir). This is not a general idea that “some people should be helped to die,” but a narrowly defined proposal.
The draft would apply only in very specific situations:
- Adults (18+)
- With a serious and incurable illness
- Often life-threatening or terminal
- Experiencing unbearable suffering
- Who make a voluntary and well-considered request
If approved, the patient would typically self-administer the medication. Only if physically unable would a doctor be allowed to assist.
For context, Netherlands already has a regulated system for euthanasia. This policy allowed my terminally ill grandmother to pass away with dignity. She hated her final days, being bedridden, in pain, and dependent on others for basic needs like taking a shit.
Because of this policy, she was able to say goodbye to everyone she loved, over 100 family members, and make her own decision. No one questioned her choice.
Honestly, that’s the kind of dignity and control I would want for myself if I would ever end up in that situation.