Overview

• Deputies approved the creation of a collegial decision-making process requiring meetings between doctors, specialists, and caregivers before granting assisted dying requests.
• The Assembly removed a controversial clause that would have recorded assisted dying deaths as natural causes on death certificates.
• A new 'délit d’entrave' criminalizes obstruction to accessing assisted dying, with penalties of up to two years in prison and a €30,000 fine.
• The law establishes strict eligibility criteria, including a requirement for patients to have a serious, incurable condition causing constant suffering.
• The final vote on the assisted dying bill is scheduled for May 27, after deputies completed their review of the remaining amendments.