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France adopts bill legalising assisted dying for adults

France adopts bill legalising assisted dying for adults

Published by Sam Flores

French lawmakers on July 19 adopted a bill ​that will create a legal right to assisted dying for adults with incurable illnesses, capping an intense ethical and political debate. The law would enable patients suffering from incurable and life-threatening illnesses to request lethal medication under strict medical supervision. The text will now be presented to the constitutional court, which has up to a month to approve it. Keywords for this article Source link

Enfin! France legalises assisted dying – Humanists UK

Enfin! France legalises assisted dying – Humanists UK

Published by Sam Flores

France has become the latest European country to legalise assisted dying, after the National Assembly gave final approval to its assisted dying law, 291 for, 241 against. Humanists UK welcomes the new French law and urges MPs to give English and Welsh people the same end-of-life choices as the French. The law will allow adults who are suffering from an ‘affection grave et incurable, en phase avancée ou terminale’ (‘a serious and incurable illness in an advanced or terminal phase’) to request medical assistance to die, subject to strict safeguards. The law will have to pass a final review by the Constitutional Council. The vote comes just days after Jersey’s assisted dying law received Royal Assent, adding to the growing number of jurisdictions around the world that have chosen to give terminally ill people greater choice at the end of life. How does it compare to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill? There are several similarities between the new French law and the Westminster proposals. Both Bills: require the person to have mental …

French National Assembly set to adopt assisted dying law in final vote

French National Assembly set to adopt assisted dying law in final vote

Published by Sam Flores

France was on Wednesday set to move closer to joining the ranks of countries that guarantee the right to assisted dying, after the long journey to adoption of a controversial bill championed by President Emmanuel Macron. The lower house of the French parliament is expected to vote to adopt the law at the end of the day on Wednesday, despite critics still urging a fight to keep it off the books. Source link

Historic day! Jersey’s assisted dying law receives Royal Assent – Humanists UK

Historic day! Jersey’s assisted dying law receives Royal Assent – Humanists UK

Published by Sam Flores

The island of Jersey has become the first part of the British Isles to legalise assisted dying, as its law has been given Royal Assent. Humanists UK welcomes this historic day. After years of campaigning for a change in the law, terminally ill Islanders will be able to choose a compassionate death under strict safeguards. In February this year, States Assembly members in Jersey voted in favour by 32 votes to 16. Humanists UK, a member of the Assisted Dying Coalition alongside End of Life Choices Jersey, has long campaigned for a change in the law in Jersey. Humanists UK Chief Executive Andrew Copson gave oral evidence to the citizens’ jury in 2021. The Jersey Government says that it expects the assisted dying service to begin operating on schedule in late 2027 Royal Assent is the final stage of Jersey’s legislative process and is granted on the advice of the UK Justice Secretary. As a Crown Dependency, Jersey is self-governing and has its own parliament and legal system, separate from the UK. The law will …

US Christian Nationalists aim to overturn assisted dying, reusing anti-abortion playbook – Humanists UK

US Christian Nationalists aim to overturn assisted dying, reusing anti-abortion playbook – Humanists UK

Published by Sam Flores

Religious conservatives in the United States are mounting legal campaigns to overturn assisted dying laws across the US, with the possible aim of engineering a case that reaches a sympathetic Supreme Court, mirroring the strategy that successfully dismantled federal abortion protections in 2022, four years ago today. Since 2023, opponents of assisted dying have filed lawsuits in federal courts in California, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, and New York. The most recent two, filed against brand-new assisted dying laws in Illinois and New York, were announced at a press conference at which Matt Vallière, Executive Director of the Institute for Patients’ Rights, said openly that the goal was to end assisted dying in the US through the Supreme Court. Some lawsuits are funded by the Christian nationalist right and use religious law firms like Covenant Law, but are filed through disability rights organisations; they claim that assisted dying laws endanger people with disabilities, a conflation of terminal illness and disability that courts have so far consistently rejected. Judges in both California and Delaware have ruled that assisted …

Assisted Dying Bill reintroduced into Parliament – Humanists UK

Assisted Dying Bill reintroduced into Parliament – Humanists UK

Published by Sam Flores

© House of Commons Today, the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill received its First Reading in the House of Commons, officially marking the return of the bill in Westminster after it was passed by MPs but undemocratically filibustered by a small number of peers in the House of Lords. It was re-introduced by Lauren Edwards MP, and seeks to give terminally ill, mentally competent adults the right to a safe, legal, and compassionate assisted death. Humanists UK welcomes the return of the Bill, and urges MPs and peers to support its passage. Lauren Edwards MP came second in the Private Members’ Bill ballot, which gives individual politicians an opportunity to change the law. Today was the Presentation of Bills, when the 20 members drawn in the ballot formally introduced their legislation at First Reading, and saw Lauren bring back the Assisted Dying Bill, having announced her intentions to do so earlier this week.  The First Reading of a Bill is the formal introduction of the Bill into Parliament and takes place without debate …

Isle of Man Assisted Dying Bill sent for Royal Assent – again! – Humanists UK

Isle of Man Assisted Dying Bill sent for Royal Assent – again! – Humanists UK

Published by Sam Flores

The Isle of Man’s Assisted Dying Bill has been sent for Royal Assent for a second time. Humanists UK is calling on the UK Government to swiftly grant Royal Assent and avoid a constitutional crisis. Yesterday, Tynwald, the Isle of Man’s parliament, voted in favour of further amendments to the Assisted Dying Bill, requested by the UK Government. It approved the amendments by 16 votes to 6 in the House of Keys, their lower chamber, and 5 votes to 1 in the Legislative Council, the upper chamber. The amendments were brought forward after the UK Government blocked the legislation, arguing that further changes were needed to be made explicit on the face of the Bill before it could be recommended for Royal Assent. Humanists UK questioned how a challenge to the Bill on European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) grounds could be possible, given that nine European countries allow legal assisted dying in some form, all of them having more permissive systems than the Isle of Man’s proposed law. If granted Royal Assent, the Bill …

Lauren Edwards MP announces return of the Assisted Dying Bill after Lords filibuster – Humanists UK

Lauren Edwards MP announces return of the Assisted Dying Bill after Lords filibuster – Humanists UK

Published by Sam Flores

Lauren Edwards MP Lauren Edwards MP has announced she will bring back the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, after it was outrageously and undemocratically filibustered by a small group of peers in the House of Lords. Humanists UK and My Death, My Decision welcome the return of the Bill and urge MPs to support the Bill again. About the filibuster of the Assisted Dying Bill:  The Terminally Ill Adults Bill failed in the House of Lords after nearly 1,300 changes to the Bill were proposed, a record for any parliamentary Bill. Amendments have included a pregnancy test for all applicants, including men, a one-year holiday ban for applicants, and an unworkable requirement for half a dozen GP visits. We have identified several instances of peers being explicitly clear that they were trying to block the Bill by means other than it being voted down. The Bill fell because it didn’t complete all its parliamentary stages by the end of the session. About the Parliament Act and Private Members’ Bills Lauren Edwards MP came …

MPs condemn ‘egregious’ Assisted Dying Bill filibuster in the House of Lords – Humanists UK

MPs condemn ‘egregious’ Assisted Dying Bill filibuster in the House of Lords – Humanists UK

Published by Sam Flores

MPs from across the political divide spoke out about the coordinated filibuster of the Assisted Dying Bill by a minority of peers in the House of Lords. During a Westminster Hall debate triggered by a public petition held yesterday, MPs lamented that the Bill fell without a single vote, directly contravening the clear will of the Commons, and undermining public trust in Parliament. Humanists UK joins MPs in calling out the unjust filibuster and calls on MPs to bring back the Bill. The Westminster Hall debate was triggered when a petition ‘to ensure Bills backed by MPs & public can complete all stages in Parliament’ received over 114,000 signatures. The petition was tabled by Sophie Blake, a mother living with Stage 4 Breast Cancer in memory of Nathaniel Dye MBE who died early this year. The petition states: We believe the decision of MPs must be respected, especially on matters of social change, and that unelected Lords have a responsibility to scrutinise bills, not block them. With over 1,000 amendments tabled to the Terminally Ill …

Tesla now calls FSD ‘Tesla Assisted Driving’ in China

Tesla now calls FSD ‘Tesla Assisted Driving’ in China

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Tesla has once again changed the name of its “FSD” system in China, using a more truthful name for the system in the world’s largest auto market. For over a decade now, Tesla has sold a promise of vehicles that can drive themselves, even stating that every car it produced had all the hardware for self-driving. It has long called the software system it sells “Full Self-Driving,” a simple, descriptive name that really says everything you need to know about the system’s functionality. It has charged up to $15,000 for this software, reflecting the value that Tesla thinks having your own robot driver would represent. More recently, it moved to a subscription-only sales model (though it does still sell the system upfront in China). The only problem? It… doesn’t actually drive itself, despite constant false promises by the company’s CEO. Advertisement – scroll for more content According to the standardized system for self-driving system classification, Tesla’s system is “level 2,” just like most other consumer-available software. Level 2 does encompass a wide breadth of capability, and …