Overview
- The Council of Ministers acted on Thursday before the appeal deadline to impugn Sardinia’s law approved in September.
- The government argues assisted suicide is a matter for state regulation, repeating the rationale used to contest Tuscany’s similar law.
- The Constitutional Court will hear the case, and Sardinia’s provisions stay valid until the judges issue a decision.
- Sardinia’s statute, derived from a Luca Coscioni model, sets procedures, creates a multidisciplinary review body, and provides free National Health Service support for eligible patients.
- A nationwide bill remains stuck in the Senate, and the Court has not ruled on the earlier Tuscany challenge, prolonging uncertainty over who can set the rules.