Overview
- On October 29, activist Samara Martínez delivered the Ley Trasciende package to the Chamber of Deputies after presenting it in the Senate a day earlier.
- Deputies from Morena and Movimiento Ciudadano formally introduced paired initiatives in the lower house, including a constitutional proposal and a general law framework.
- Organizers report about 128,000 signatures backing the effort, and senators from Morena, Movimiento Ciudadano and PRI pledged to take up the project, while reporting noted PAN did not support it.
- The draft would decriminalize physician-administered assisted death, amend the General Health Law and Federal Penal Code, and require adulthood, decision-making capacity, reiterated notarized requests, medical evaluations and access to non-objecting staff.
- The proposal now moves to committee review and public debate as active euthanasia remains illegal in Mexico and limited palliative-care access figures in arguments for reform.