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France’s Macron pushes on with assisted-dying bill

French President Emmanuel Macron at a plenary session of the European Political Community on October 5, 2023 [Ludovic Marin/AFP]

President Emmanuel Macron has said that he will propose a bill legalising “aid in dying” for terminally ill people.

In an interview published on Monday, the French president said that the bill, which he plans to present to the National Assembly in May, would strictly apply to adults suffering from short to medium-term illnesses, such as final-stage cancer. The move comes on the back of polls suggesting public support.

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