Overview
- Legislators from PRI, Morena and Movimiento Ciudadano joined activist Samara Martínez to present the initiative to both chambers, advancing it into the congressional process.
- The proposal seeks changes to the General Health Law and the Federal Criminal Code to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide under medical criteria and informed consent.
- Martínez delivered about 130,000 Change.org signatures in support and said the Health Ministry is aware as lawmakers prepare evidence-based debate.
- The measure also strengthens advance directives and calls for universal palliative care, responding to concerns that only around 5% of patients currently receive such care.
- Current state laws on advance directives let patients refuse life-prolonging treatment but prohibit active euthanasia, as additional voices like MC leader Gama Basarte press for non-criminalization.