Overview
- The bill distinguishes euthanasia as physician-administered life-ending medication and assisted death as patient self-administration of a prescribed drug.
- Eligibility requires being an adult, Argentine or a resident for at least 12 months, facing a grave incurable illness or disabling chronic suffering, and receiving full information on palliative care.
- Applicants must submit two requests 15 days apart with witnesses and judicial or notarial validation, with the option to revoke at any time.
- The draft recognizes conscientious objection for clinicians yet obliges public and private facilities to ensure access, and it proposes Penal Code changes to protect those involved.
- The initiative joins several pending projects and must pass the Penal Legislation, Social Action and Public Health, and Human Rights committees, with timing shaped by Cobos’s term ending on December 10.