Overview
- Civil organizations and palliative‑care and bioethics specialists denounced the citizen‑led Ley Trasciende as a costly “easy way out” that could divert resources from end‑of‑life care, citing Mexico’s very low specialist availability.
- The Archdiocese of Mexico, through Desde la Fe, rejected the proposal on ethical grounds and invoked the World Medical Association’s opposition to euthanasia and assisted suicide.
- The initiative, promoted by activist Samara Martínez with legal counsel from Paola Zavala, was presented in the Senate and seeks to legalize, regulate, and decriminalize euthanasia for adults with terminal or degenerative illnesses under strict consent procedures.
- Excélsior reports the proposal was received by Congress with support from legislators in Morena, PT, and MC, and that it aims to modify the Constitution and the Federal Penal Code in addition to the General Health Law.
- A parallel push in the State of Mexico advanced when a PVEM‑backed bill from Deputy Itzel Pérez Correa was sent to committees, as PVEM leader José Alberto Couttolenc publicly defended recognizing a dignified death under defined protocols.